Coker Ice Rise

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Coker Ice Rise (69°4′S 67°8′W / 69.067°S 67.133°W / -69.067; -67.133Coordinates: 69°4′S 67°8′W / 69.067°S 67.133°W / -69.067; -67.133) is a small ice rise in Wordie Ice Shelf, 6 nautical miles (11 km) west-northwest of the Triune Peaks, Fallières Coast. It was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947–48, and surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1958. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Walter B. Coker, U.S. Navy, radioman, Palmer Station winter party, 1969.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Coker Ice Rise". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-11-18. 

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