Bigelow Rock (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Bigelow Rock (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Rock (5)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Low, ice-covered rock about 150 ft long, with numerous rock exposures close above sea level, lying immediately W of Shackleton Ice Shelf, about 25 mi NE of Junction Corner. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47. An astronomical control station was established on the rock by USN Operation Windmill, 1947-48. Named by the US-ACAN for Tech. Sgt. George H. Bigelow, USMC, tractor driver-mechanic with USN Operation HighJump and USN Operation Windmill.
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