Magee Rock
Magee Rock (66°13′S 110°37′E / 66.217°S 110.617°ECoordinates: 66°13′S 110°37′E / 66.217°S 110.617°E) is an insular rock lying 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) northeast of Cameron Island, in the Swain Islands of Antarctica. This region was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47), Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (1956) and the Soviet expedition (1956). The rock was included in a 1957 ground survey by Carl R. Eklund, who named it for , U.S. Navy, a carpenter at Wilkes Station, 1957.[1]
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- ^ "Magee Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
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- Rock formations of Wilkes Land
- Wilkes Land geography stubs