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Wild and Moyes slay a Weddell seal |
Morton Henry Moyes (25) -
Mawson 1911-1914 Meteorologist
Single, of Koolunga, South Australia, a graduate in
Science of Adelaide University. With the Western Base Party (Queen Mary
Land) he acted as Meteorologist and took part in several sledging journeys
in the autumn and spring of 1912. During the summer of 1912-1913, through
an unavoidable accident, he was left to carry on work alone at Winter
Quarters for a period of nine weeks.
From Appendix 1, Mawson - Heart of the Antarctic
Landmarks named after
Morton Henry Moyes
Feature Name:
Moyes Islands
Feature Type: island
Latitude: 6701S
Longitude: 14351E
Description: A group of small islands lying in the W part
of Watt Bay, 2.5 mi SE of Cape-Pigeon Rocks. Discovered by the AAE (1911-14)
under Douglas Mawson.
Feature Name:
Cape Moyes
Feature Type: cape
Latitude: 6635S
Longitude: 09625E
Description: Ice-covered point fronting on the Shackleton
Ice Shelf, 18 mi W of Cape Dovers. Discovered by the AAE under Mawson,
1911-14.
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