Slater Rocks
| Slater Rocks | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Kohler Range | |
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| Coordinates | 75 ° 5 ′ S , 113 ° 53 ′ W | |
The Slater Rocks are a group of ledges and low rocky hills in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica . In the Kohler Range they rise 6 km north of Leister Peak .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1959 to 1971. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1976 after Robert T. Slater, operator on the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in 1974 .
Web links
- Slater Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Slater Rocks on geographic.org (English)