Binder Rocks
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 Topographic map sheet Martin Peninsula with the Binder Rocks, 1: 250,000 |
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ S , 115 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Binder Rocks are an isolated rock formation on the Bakutis coast of Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . They are 6 km south of the Siglin Rocks on the west side of the Martin Peninsula .
The United States Navy made the first aerial photographs of the formations in January 1947 during Operation Highjump (1946–1947). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after Lieutenant Raymond Alois Binder of the US Navy, coordinator for the maintenance of Williams Field airfield near McMurdo Station during Operation Deep Freeze in 1967.
Web links
- Binder Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Binder Rocks on geographic.org (English)