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Murray Monolith

Location in Antarctica

Murray Monolith is a detached part of Torlyn Mountain in Mac.Robertson Land, Antarctica. It is a steep massif of metasedimentary gneiss and granitic origin, with the adjacent coastline consisting of 40 m high ice cliffs. The monolith is dome-shaped with steep sides, rising to a seaward summit of 339 m and an inland summit of 363 m at Torlyn Mountain.^[1]

Discovery and naming

It was discovered during the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), led by Douglas Mawson, 1929–1931, and named after Sir George Murray, Chief Justice of South Australia Chancellor of the University of Adelaide and a patron of the expedition.^[2]

Antarctic Specially Protected Area and Important Bird Area

As one of the very few pieces of exposed rock on the East Antarctic coast, together with the Scullin Monolith 6 km to the west, it holds the greatest concentration of seabird breeding colonies in East Antarctica, including 160,000 pairs of Antarctic petrels, and 70,000 pairs of Adelie penguins.^[3] Both monolitha are protected under the Antarctic Treaty System as Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No.164.^[4] Coincident in coverage with ASPA 164, the two monoliths have also been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because of the significant seabird colonies present.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Scullin Monolith / Murray Monolith". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
^ Murray Monolith on AADC website
^ http://www.ats.aq/documents/recatt/Att281_e.pdf Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 164
^ "Scullin and Murray Monoliths, Mac.Robertson Land, East Antarctica" (PDF). Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 164: Measure 2, Annex N. Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2013-01-24.

External links

Murray Monolith on USGS website
Murray Monolith on AADC website
Murray Monolith on SCAR website
A map of the Murray Monolith protected area
A picture of the Murray Monolith
Murray Monolith at Lonely Planet website

67°47′S 66°53′E / 67.783°S 66.883°E / -67.783; 66.883

v t e Antarctic Specially Protected Areas
Queen Elizabeth Land	Davis Valley Forlidas Pond
Queen Maud Land	Dakshin Gangotri Glacier Svarthamaren Mountain Yukidori Valley
Mac. Robertson Land	Murray Monolith Rookery Islands Scullin Monolith Taylor Rookery
Princess Elizabeth Land	Amanda Bay Hawker Island Mount Harding Mule Peninsula
Queen Mary Land	Haswell Island
Wilkes Land	Ardery Island Bailey Peninsula Charlton Island Clark Peninsula Dewart Island Frazier Islands Nelly Island Odbert Island
Adélie Land	Bernard Island Bon Docteur Nunatak Carrel Island Géologie Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island
George V Land	Mawson's Huts
Victoria Land	Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare Cape Geology Cape Hallett Cape Washington Edmonson Point Linnaeus Terrace Mount Melbourne Mount Rittmann Seabee Hook
Ross Sea	Arrival Heights Backdoor Bay Beaufort Island Cape Crozier Cape Evans Cape Royds Hut Point Peninsula Lewis Bay New College Valley North-west White Island Sabrina Island Tramway Ridge
Palmer Land	Ablation Lake Ablation Point Ablation Point – Ganymede Heights Ablation Valley Erratic Valley Flatiron Valley Ganymede Heights Himalia Ridge Marion Nunataks Mount Martine Mount Monique Moutonnée Lake Striation Valley
Graham Land	Apéndice Island Avian Island Biscoe Point Bransfield Strait Cierva Point Dion Islands Eastern Dallmann Bay Emperor Island Green Island Lagotellerie Island Litchfield Island Midas Island Moss Islands Mount Flora Rothera Point South Bay
South Shetlands	Admiralty Bay Ardley Island Byers Peninsula Cape Shirreff Collins Point Coppermine Peninsula Crater Lake Deception Island Discovery Bay Fildes Peninsula Harmony Point Kroner Lake Lions Rump Mount Pond Narębski Point Pendulum Cove Port Foster Potter Peninsula Ronald Hill San Telmo Island South East Point Stonethrow Ridge Suffield Point Telefon Bay
South Orkneys	Christoffersen Island Coronation Island Fredriksen Island Grey Island Lynch Island Michelsen Island Moe Island Southern Powell Island

v t e Important Bird Areas of Antarctica
Queen Elizabeth Land	Berkner Island
Coats Land	Coalseam Cliffs Mount Faraway Stewart Buttress Dawson-Lambton Glacier Luitpold Coast Stancomb-Wills Glacier
Queen Maud Land	Atka Iceport Drescher Inlet Gruber Mountains Jutulsessen Muskegbukta Princess Ragnhild Coast Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf Riiser-Larsen Peninsula Svarthamaren Mountain
Enderby Land	Cape Batterbee Mount Biscoe
Kemp Land	Kloa Point
Mac. Robertson Land	Andersen Island Auster rookery Cape Darnley Gibbney Island Kirton Island Klung Island Macklin Island Murray Monolith Rookery Islands Scullin Monolith Taylor Rookery Welch Island
Princess Elizabeth Land	Amanda Bay Bluff Island Boyd Island Caro Island Donskiye Islands Filla Island Gardner Island Hop Island Kazak Island Lucas Island Lugg Island Magnetic Island Rookery Lake Tryne Islands Turner Island Warriner Island Waterhouse Island West Ice Shelf Zolotov Island
Queen Mary Land	Haswell Island Shackleton Ice Shelf
Wilkes Land	Ardery Island Beall Island Berkley Island Cameron Island Clark Peninsula Dibble Glacier Holl Island O'Connor Island Odbert Island Peterson Island Shirley Island
Adélie Land	Cape Bienvenue Cape Jules Curzon Islands Empereur Island Géologie Archipelago
George V Land	Cape Denison Cape Hunter Cape-Pigeon Rocks Greater Mackellar Island Lesser Mackellar Island Mackellar Islands Mertz Glacier Way Archipelago
Oates Land	Arthurson Ridge Kartografov Island Mount Archer Sturge Island
Victoria Land	Adélie Cove Blue Glacier to Cape Chocolate Cape Adare Cape Main Cape Roget Cape Wadworth Cape Washington Cotter Cliffs Dailey Islands Depot Island Downshire Cliffs Duke of York Island Dunlop Island Edmonson Point Foyn Island Gregory Island Inexpressible Island Mandible Cirque Possession Islands Seabee Hook
Ross Sea	Beaufort Island Bernacchi Head Cape Crozier Caughley Beach Franklin Island southwest McDonald Beach Rocky Point
King Edward VII Land	Cape Colbeck
Marie Byrd Land	Brownson Islands Edwards Islands Hummer Point Lindsey Islands Maher Island Mathewson Point Mount Paterson Thurston Glacier Worley Point
Ellsworth Land	Schaefer Islands Sikorski Glacier
Palmer Land	Sims Island Smith Peninsula Smyley Island
Graham Land	Ambush Bay Apéndice Island Armstrong Reef Avian Island Bates Island Brash Island Brown Bluff Cape Evensen Cape Wollaston Cierva Point Cockburn Island Cormorant Island Cuverville Island D'Urville Monument Danger Islands Devil Island Dion Islands Dodman Island Dream Island Duroch Islands Earle Island Eden Rocks Emperor Island Gerlache Island Ginger Islands Gourdin Island Guépratte Island Hope Bay Joubin Islands Lagotellerie Island Litchfield Island Madder Cliffs Midas Island Moss Islands Murray Island Paulet Island Pearl Rocks Penguin Point Petermann Island Pursuit Point Rosenthal Islands Ryder Bay Islands Snow Hill Island Stonington Island Trinity Island Tupinier Islands Uruguay Island
South Shetland Islands	Admiralty Bay Ardley Island Aspland Island Baily Head Barnard Point Byers Peninsula Cape Bowles Cape Garry Cape Hooker Cape Lookout Cape Melville Cape Shirreff Cape Wallace Chinstrap Cove Eadie Island East of Nelly Point Eastern Litwin Bay Escarpada Point False Round Point Fur Seal Point Gibbs Island Half Moon Island Harmony Point Heywood Island Jameson Point Kellick Island Lions Rump Milosz Point Mount Elder North Foreland O'Brien Island Owen Island Penguin Island Point Hennequin Point Wordie Potter Peninsula Pottinger Point Saddleback Point Seal Islands Stinker Point Sugarloaf Island Tartar Island Vapour Col Walker Point Yankee Harbour
South Orkney Islands	Atriceps Island Buchanan Point Cape Davidson Cape Hansen Cape Robertson Cape Whitson Cheal Point Christoffersen Island Eillium Island Ferguslie Peninsula Ferrier Peninsula Fraser Point Fredriksen Island Gibbon Bay Gosling Islands Graptolite Island Grey Island Inaccessible Islands Larsen Islands Matthews Island Michelsen Island Moe Island Moreton Point Pirie Peninsula Point Martin Return Point Robertson Islands Shingle Cove Signy Island Skilling Island Southern Powell Island Watson Peninsula Weddell Islands

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Discovery and naming

Antarctic Specially Protected Area and Important Bird Area

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