Strider Rock
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Strider Rock (78°2′S 155°26′W / 78.033°S 155.433°WCoordinates: 78°2′S 155°26′W / 78.033°S 155.433°W) is a rock 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northwest of Mount Nilsen in the Rockefeller Mountains of Edward VII Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica.[1]
Discovery and naming[]
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Strider Rock was discovered by the 1st Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1929. Strider Rock was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for , Aviation Machinist's Mate, United States Navy, crew member on the ski-equipped R4D Skytrain in which Rear Admiral George J. Dufek made the first aircraft landing at the geographic South Pole on 31 October 1956.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "Strider Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Strider Rock". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
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