Sapp Rocks
| Sapp 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 ° 30 ′ S , 51 ° 46 ′ W | |
The Sapp Rocks are two 755 m high ledges in Queen Elizabeth Land in West Antarctica . In the Forrestal Range of the Pensacola Mountains they rise 3 km north of the Alley Spur on the north side of the Dufek massif .
The United States Geological Survey mapped them based on their own surveys and with the help of aerial photographs by the United States Navy between 1956 and 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1968 after Clifton Earl Sapp (1935–1997), Hospital Corpsman of the winter team on the Amundsen River. Scott South Pole Station in 1965.
Web links
- Sapp Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sapp Rocks on geographic.org (English)