Coker Ice Rise

Coordinates: 69°4′S 67°8′W / 69.067°S 67.133°W / -69.067; -67.133
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Coker Ice Rise (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]

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  1. ^ "Coker Ice Rise". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-11-18.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Coker Ice Rise". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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