McCauley Rock

McCauley Rock (83°2′S 48°53′W) is a rock, 1,020 metres (3,350 ft) high, situated just off the eastern edge of Lexington Table, 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Mount Zirzow, in the Forrestal Range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Clyde J. McCauley, a U.S. Navy seaman at Ellsworth Station, winter 1957.[1]

References
  1. "McCauley Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-09-04.

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