Cousins Rock (75°16′S 133°31′W / 75.267°S 133.517°W / -75.267; -133.517) is an isolated rock located eastward of the upper part of Berry Glacier and Patton Bluff, about 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Coleman Nunatak, in Marie Byrd Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Michael D. Cousins, an ionospheric physicist at Siple Station, 1969–70.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Cousins Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-11-29.

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