Trost Rocks () is a two rock outcrops at the northeast end of
Single Island
Single Island is a high ice-covered island on the west side of the Amery Ice Shelf about south of Landon Promontory. First plotted by ANARE ( Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) from air photos taken in 1956, but incorrectly sho ...
on the west side of the
Amery Ice Shelf. The rocks were photographed from ANARE (
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE ) is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program (AAp) administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD).
History
Australia has had a long involv ...
) aircraft in 1956 and their position fixed by a field party in December 1962. Named by
Antarctic Names Committee of Australia
The Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC) was established to advise the Government on names for features in the Australian Antarctic Territory and the subantarctic territory of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands. The committee ...
(ANCA) for
P.A. Trost, electronics engineer at
Mawson Station
The Mawson Station, commonly called Mawson, is one of three permanent bases and research outposts in Antarctica managed by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). Mawson lies in Holme Bay in Mac. Robertson Land, East Antarctica in the Austra ...
in 1962, a member of the field party which visited the rocks.
Rock formations of Palmer Land
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