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Ford Rock

Coordinates: 77°46′S 166°54′E / 77.767°S 166.900°E / -77.767; 166.900
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Ford Rock is a prominent rock which lies 1 nautical mile (2 km) northeast of Cone Hill on Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island, Antarctica. Cone Hill and this rock were designated "Cone Hill I" and "Cone Hill II," respectively, by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, under Robert Falcon Scott. Cone Hill has been approved for Scott's "Cone Hill I," but a new name suggested by A.J. Heine has been substituted for this prominent rock. M.R.J. Ford, a New Zealand surveyor, established a survey beacon network for the McMurdo Ice Shelf Project, 1962–63. A survey beacon was established earlier on this rock by a U.S. Hydrographic Office survey team, 1955–56.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Ford Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-03-30.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Ford Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

77°46′S 166°54′E / 77.767°S 166.900°E / -77.767; 166.900


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