Crutcher Rock (74°21′S 72°48′W / 74.350°S 72.800°W / -74.350; -72.800) is a nunatak rising to about 1,375 metres (4,510 ft), 6 nautical miles (11 km) south-southwest of Staack Nunatak in the Yee Nunataks. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1987 after Mont C. Crutcher, a United States Geological Survey cartographer who worked in the field at Ross Ice Shelf, South Pole Station, Byrd Glacier, and Dome Charlie in 1974–75.[1]

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  1. "Crutcher Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-12-08.

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