Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Strider Rock (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Strider Rock (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Rock
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:
A rock 3.5km northwest of Mount Nilsen in the Rockefeller Mountains of King Edward VII Land.
Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE) in 1929. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John P. Strider, Aviation Machinist's Mate, U.S. Navy (USN), plane captain on the ski-equipped R4D carrying R. Admiral George Dufek that was the first aircraft to land at the geographic South Pole, on Oct. 31, 1956.
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