Sayen Rocks
| Sayen Rocks | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Jones Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 73 ° 40 ′ S , 94 ° 37 ′ W | |
The Sayen Rocks are two rocky outcrops in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland that are only visible from the north . In the Jones Mountains they loom near the icy summit crest between Miller Crag and Sutley Peak .
A team of University of Minnesota , which until 1961 the Jones Mountains explored from 1960, they mapped. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1963 after Lawrence D. Sayen (* 1939) of the United States Navy , photographer with the VX-6 flight squadron, who was involved in the creation of aerial photographs of the Jones Mountains in January 1961.
Web links
- Sayen Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sayen Rocks on geographic.org (English)