Corry Rocks
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The Corry Rocks () are a cluster of rocks at the north extremity of Gillock Island, in the
Amery Ice Shelf The Amery Ice Shelf () is a broad ice shelf in Antarctica at the head of Prydz Bay between the Lars Christensen Coast and Ingrid Christensen Coast. It is part of Mac. Robertson Land. The name "Cape Amery" was applied to a coastal angle mapped o ...
. One of these rocks was occupied as an
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE ) is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program (AAp) administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). History Australia has had a long involv ...
survey station in 1968. The group was named by the
Antarctic Names Committee of Australia The Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC) was established to advise the Government on names for features in the Australian Antarctic Territory and the subantarctic territory of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands. The committee ...
for M.J. Corry, leader and glaciologist of the Amery Ice Shelf party in 1968, who took part in the survey.


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* Rock formations of Mac. Robertson Land {{MacRobertsonLand-geo-stub