Institut Geologii Arktiki Rocks
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Institut Geologii Arktiki Rocks () is a group of scattered rock outcrops that extend in an east-west direction for 20 miles (32 km), located 7 miles (11 km) south of the Schirmacher Hills in Queen Maud Land, Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-60; remapped by Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960-61, and named after the Institute of Arctic Geology.
This article incorporates text from Institut Geologii Arktiki Rocks, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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