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Slater Rocks

Station ID: SLTR

Coordinate: S 75.098, W 113.88

Installed: 2018-2019 season

Former Projects:

Former Names:

Transportation: Twin Otter

Closest operations HUB: 403km to WAIS

A cluster of rock outcrops or low rock hills 4 mi N of Leister Peak in the Kohler Range, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-71. Named by US-ACAN for Robert T. Slater, EO2, USN, Equipment Operator at the South Pole Station, 1974 (https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=131745).