Lance Rocks
| Lance Rocks | ||
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| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Forrestal Range , Pensacola Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 82 ° 52 ′ S , 48 ° 15 ′ W | |
The Lance Rocks are two 935 m high rocks in Queen Elizabeth Land, West Antarctica . In the Forrestal Range of the Pensacola Mountains they loom at the northeast end of the Crouse Spur .
The United States Geological Survey mapped them based on their own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1956 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1968 after Captain Samuel J. Lance (1920-2004) of the United States Air Force , Navigator and member of the United States Air Force Electronics Test Unit in the Pensacola Mountains from 1957 to 1958.
Web links
- Lance Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lance Rocks on geographic.org (English)