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Wedemeyer Rocks

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Wedemeyer Rocks (76°6′S 135°56′W) is a group of rocks that outcrop near the base of the southern slope of Mount Berlin in the Flood Range, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Charles H. Wedemeyer, CM1, U.S. Navy construction mechanic with the 1956 Army-Navy Trail Party that traversed eastward from Little America V to establish Byrd Station.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Wedemeyer Rocks" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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