Bigelow Rock
Coordinates: 66 ° 10 ′ S , 95 ° 25 ′ E
The Bigelow Rock is a low and 130 m long rock formation with a few rocky outcrops on the coast of the East Antarctic Queen Marie Land . It is immediately west of the Shackleton Ice Shelf and 25 miles northeast of Junction Corner .
It was mapped using aerial photographs from the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947). During the US operation Windmill (1947-1948) an astronomical observation station was built here. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them after George H. Bigelow of the United States Marine Corps , tractor operator on both Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill.
Web links
- Bigelow Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bigelow Rock on geographic.org (English)