Koll Rock, also known as Blake Island is a large rock located southeast of
Oom Island in the west side of
Oom Bay Oom Bay is a well-defined bay, 2 mi wide, indenting the Mawson coast between Cape Bruce and Campbell Head. Discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Douglas Mawson, who ...
,
Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the
Lars Christensen Expedition
Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries.
Origin
''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel".
A homonymous Etruscan name was borne ...
, 1936–37, and named ''Kollskjer'' (knoll rock).
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References
Rock formations of Mac. Robertson Land
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