Fokker Rocks
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 Topographic map (1: 250,000) of the Edward VII Peninsula with the Focker Rocks (bottom left) |
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Rockefeller Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 78 ° 4 ′ S , 155 ° 10 ′ W | |
The Fokker Rocks are ledges in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . On the Edward VII Peninsula, they rise up immediately south of Mount Schlossbach in the Rockefeller Mountains .
The names of the rocks were made by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1971. It is named after the aircraft of the type Fokker Universal , which participants in the first Antarctic expedition (1920-1930) of the US polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd had to leave damaged on the south side of the nearby Washington Ridge . Charles Morrison of the United States Geological Survey visited the aircraft wreck on December 31, 1966.
Web links
- Fokker Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Fokker Rocks on geographic.org (English)