Syrstad Rock
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Syrstad Rock () is a rock outcrop below and 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Koerner Bluff on the northwest slopes of Mount Bursey, in the Flood Range, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Erik Syrstad, ionospheric physicist at South Pole Station, 1970.
This article incorporates text from Syrstad Rock, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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