Murray Monolith is a detached part of Torlyn Mountain

Torlyn Mountain

Torlyn Mountain is an elongated mountain, of which Murray Monolith is the detached front, standing 4 miles east of Scullin Monolith on the coast of Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica....

 in eastern Antarctica. It was discovered during the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), led by Mawson, 1929–1931, and named after Sir George Murray

George John Robert Murray

Sir George John Robert Murray KCMG was a judge from 2 April 1913 until 18 February 1942 on the Supreme Court of South Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of South Australia...

, Chancellor of the University of Adelaide and a patron of the Expedition.

As one of the very few pieces of exposed rock on the East Antarctic coast, along with the nearby Scullin Monolith

Scullin monolith

Scullin Monolith is a crescent-shaped rock fronting the sea 4 miles west of Torlyn Mountain in Mac. Robertson Land. Early in January 1930 the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition under Douglas Mawson made an aerial flight from the ship area...

, it holds the greatest concentration of breeding seabird colonies in East Antarctica, including a colony of 160,000 pairs of Antarctic petrel

Antarctic Petrel

The Antarctic Petrel is a boldly marked dark brown and white petrel, found in Antarctica, most commonly in the Ross and Weddell seas. They eat Antarctic krill, fish, and small squid...

s, as well as about twenty thousand Adelie penguin

Adelie Penguin

The Adélie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae, is a species of penguin common along the entire Antarctic coast. They are among the most southerly distributed of all seabirds, as are the Emperor Penguin, the South Polar Skua, the Wilson's Storm Petrel, the Snow Petrel, and the Antarctic Petrel...

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