Kane Rocks
The Kane Rocks (85°18′S 166°45′E / 85.300°S 166.750°ECoordinates: 85°18′S 166°45′E / 85.300°S 166.750°E) form an east–west trending ridge, 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, forming a rock median between the upper reaches of Koski Glacier and Vandament Glacier in the Dominion Range, Antarctica. The ridge was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for , a United States Antarctic Research Program cosmic rays scientist at South Pole Station, winter 1964, and a member of the South Pole—Queen Maud Land Traverse I and II, 1964–65 and 1965–66.[1]
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- ^ "Kane Rocks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
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