Kuberry Rocks
| Kuberry Rocks | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Coulter Heights | |
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| Coordinates | 75 ° 17 ′ S , 138 ° 31 ′ W | |
The Kuberry Rocks are a small area of exposed rocks at the northern end of Coulter Heights in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica . They are 10 km northwest of Matikonis Peak .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and with the help of aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1959 and 1965. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1974 after Richard W. Kuberry, geomagnetologist and seismologist at Byrd Station between 1969 and 1970 .
Web links
- Kuberry Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kuberry Rocks on geographic.org (English)