Grace Rocks
| Grace Rocks | ||
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| location | Wilkesland , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ S , 100 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Grace Rocks are striking rock spurs on the Knox coast of the East Antarctic Wilkesland . They tower on the south side of the confluence of the Apple Glacier in the Scott Glacier .
They were mapped using aerial photographs taken during Operation Highjump (1946–1947). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1971 after Lieutenant Philip J. Grace, a pilot in the United States Navy in Operation Windmill (1947-1948), who was involved in setting up astronomical observation stations between Kaiser Wilhelm II. Land and the Budd -Coast was involved.
Web links
- Grace Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Grace Rocks on geographic.org (English)