Shomo rock
| Shomo rock | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Albert Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Shomo Rock is a nunatak in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Prince Albert Mountains , it looms between the Ricker Hills and Pape Rock .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1956 to 1962. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Barry C. Shomo (1942-1994), plant operator on the Amundsen -Scott South Pole Station in the Antarctic winter of 1966.
Web links
- Shomo Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Shomo Rock on geographic.org (English)