Janet Rock
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| Waters | Lake D'Urville | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 33 ′ S , 139 ° 10 ′ E | |
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The Janet Rock ( French Rocher Janet ) is a small cliff rock off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland . It is located in front of ice cliffs 12 km west-northwest of the mouth of the Liotard Glacier in the D'Urville Sea .
The first aerial photos were taken during the US operation Highjump . Participants in a French Antarctic expedition carried out from 1952 to 1953 named him after the French philosopher Paul Janet (1823-1899). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names transferred the French name to English in 1955.
Web links
- Janet Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Janet Rock on geographic.org