Strider Rock
# Strider Rock

Strider Rock (78°2′S 155°26′W﻿ / ﻿78.033°S 155.433°W﻿ / -78.033; -155.433) is a rock 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northwest of Mount Nilsen in the Rockefeller Mountains of Edward VII Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica.

## Discovery and naming

Strider Rock was discovered by the 1st Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1929. Strider Rock was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John P. Strider, Aviation Machinist's Mate, United States Navy, crew member on the ski-equipped R4D Skytrain in which Rear Admiral George J. Dufek made the first aircraft landing at the geographic South Pole on 31 October 1956.

