Siren rock
| Siren rock | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Hudson Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ S , 98 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Siren Rock is a somewhat remote rocky outcrop in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the eastern part of the Hudson Mountains, it rises 19 km east of Mount Moses .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy in the years from 1960 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names renamed it in 1968 by Jan C. Siren (1922-2010), physicist for the study of electromagnetic waves on of Byrd Station in 1967.
Web links
- Siren Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey .
- Siren Rock on geographic.org (English).