Wedemeyer Rocks
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 Topographic map of Mount Berlin with the Wedemeyer Rocks (left) |
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Flood range | |
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| Coordinates | 76 ° 6 ′ S , 135 ° 56 ′ W | |
The Wedemeyer Rocks are a group of rocky outcrops in Marie-Byrd-Land in western Antarctica . In the Flood Range, they rise near the base of the western slope of Mount Berlin .
The United States Geological Survey mapped them on the basis of their own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1959 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1974 after Charles H. Wedemeyer, construction mechanic on a joint team of the United States Army and United States Navy, which in 1956 had carried out preparatory work for the construction of the Byrd station from Little America V as a pioneer group .
Web links
- Wedemeyer Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wedemeyer Rocks on geographic.org (English)