Name details

Fokker Rocks

Fokker Rocks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Fokker Rocks  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140078

Feature type: Outcrop

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Rock outcrops just south of Mount Schlossbach in the Rockefeller Mountains of King Edward VII Land.

Named For

The name, applied by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN), recalls the fact that a Fokker airplane of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE), 1928-30, was damaged beyond repair by strong winds while it was on the ground on the south side of nearby Washington Ridge. The plane was visited by Charles Morrison of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on Dec. 31, 1966.

Location

Latitude:
78° 04' 28.6" S
-78.07462°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
155° 09' 49.3" W
-155.16369°
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Altitude:
381 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
0.5m Antarctic Imagery Mosaic, DigitalGlobe Inc 2018
Source Identifier:
103001002C5C8900
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
19-Dec-2019

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