Saunders Rock
| Saunders Rock | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Wisconsin Range , Horlick Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ S , 127 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Saunders rock is a rock ledge in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . On the north side of the Wisconsin Range in the Horlick Mountains, it rises 5 km northwest of Feeley Peak between the Davisville and Quonset glaciers .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after John T. Saunders (* 1925), electrical engineer at Byrd Station in Antarctic winter 1960.
Web links
- Saunders Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Saunders Rock on geographic.org (English)