Melbert Rocks

The Melbert Rocks are rock outcrops close north-west of Mount Paterson in the Rockefeller Mountains of Edward VII Peninsula, Antarctica. They were discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928–30, and were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for George W. Melbert, U.S. Navy, a utilitiesman at Byrd Station, 1966.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Melbert Rocks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-09-16.

78°2′S 155°7′W / 78.033°S 155.117°W / -78.033; -155.117


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