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English Rock (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
English Rock (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Rock (2b)
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 outcrop near the foot of the western slope of Mount Frakes, in the Crary Mountains, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1959-66. Named by US-ACAN for Claude L. English, Jr., USN, helicopter crewman with Squadron VXE-6 during Deep Freeze 1970; he also deployed with the Squadron during Deep Freeze 1961, 1962 and 1965.
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