Patterson Rock

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Patterson Rock
Waters Vincennes Bay
Archipelago Swain Islands ( Windmill Islands )
Geographical location 66 ° 13 ′  S , 110 ° 35 ′  E Coordinates: 66 ° 13 ′  S , 110 ° 35 ′  E
Patterson Rock (Antarctica)
Patterson Rock
Map of the northern Windmill Islands with Patterson Rock in the Swain Group (above center)
Map of the northern Windmill Islands with Patterson Rock in the Swain Group (above center)

The Patterson Rock is an island-like reef rock in the archipelago of the Windmill Islands off the Budd coast of the East Antarctic Wilkesland . In the group of Swain Islands it lies 800 meters west of the island Cameron Iceland .

Aerial photos of the reef rock were taken during the US operation Highjump (1946–1947) and in 1956 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions and during a Soviet Antarctic expedition. In 1957, scientists at Wilkes Station under the direction of the US polar explorer Carl R. Eklund (1909–1962) carried out a survey. Eklund named him after Acy H. Patterson (1932-2007), an electrician on Wilkes Station that same year.

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