Alcorta Rocks
| Alcorta Rocks | ||
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| height | 100 m | |
| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 166 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Alcorta Rocks are a nunatak 2.6 km east-northeast of Rocky Point in the eastern section of Maumee Bight . It is 100 m high and essentially consists of three mountain ridges extending radially from the center.
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2000 after Jesse James Alcorta (* 1963), a technical employee with various areas of responsibility at the McMurdo , the Amundsen-Scott South Pole stations and those of the United States Antarctic Program .
Web links
- Alcorta Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Alcorta Rocks on geographic.org (English)