Hatch outcrop
| Hatch outcrop | ||
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| location | McNamara Island , Ellsworthland | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ S , 93 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Hatch Outcrop is a rocky outcrop to the west of McNamara Island in the Abbot Ice Shelf off the Eights coast of West Antarctica Ellsworthland . It rises just north of Peeler Bluff .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1962 after Lieutenant Ross Hatch (* 1934) of the United States Navy , who was involved in determining the position of this ledge on February 7, 1961.
Web links
- Hatch Outcrop in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hatch Outcrop on geographic.org (English)