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Mackey Rock () is an isolated rock on the east side of the Sulzberger Ice Shelf, southwest of Mount Iphigene,
Fosdick Mountains The Fosdick Mountains () are an east–west trending mountain range with marked serrate outlines, standing along the south side of Balchen Glacier at the head of Block Bay, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. They were discovere ...
, on the coast of
Marie Byrd Land Marie Byrd Land (MBL) is an unclaimed region of Antarctica. With an area of , it is the largest unclaimed territory on Earth. It was named after the wife of American naval officer Richard E. Byrd, who explored the region in the early 20th centur ...
, Antarctica. It was mapped by the
United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, ...
from surveys and
U.S. Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage o ...
air photos (1959–65), and was named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...
for Steven Mackey, a field assistant with the
United States Antarctic Research Program The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has presence in the A ...
Marie Byrd Land Survey II, summer 1967–68.Wade, F. Alton. "Marie Byrd Land Survey II." Antarctic Journal of the United States, v 3 (1968): 88.


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Rock formations of Marie Byrd Land {{MarieByrdLand-geo-stub