Burnette Rock (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Burnette 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.
A rock 45 m high, lying 0.7 mi NW of Groves Island, off the coast of Marie Byrd Land. Named for Chief Warrant Officer Desmond Burnette, USA, helicopter pilot on the Marie Byrd Land Traverse, 1966-67. He was pilot of the first helicopter to land on this rock during the mapping control traverse with USGS topographic engineers. The name was suggested to US-ACAN by Charles E. Morrison, Jr., USGS who, with Burnette, Thomas Bray, USGS, and Sgt. Donald Bunner, USA, occupied and positioned this rock on Dec. 4, 1966.
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