Mericle Rock [SEP] continent
Mericle Rock
Mericle Rock () is a nunatak in the middle of Campbell Glacier, approximately from its head, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for David L. Mericle, U.S. Navy, an electronics technician at McMurdo Station, 1967.
Location.
Mericle Rock is located in the center of Campbell Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Victoria Land is located in eastern
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David L. Mericle.
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named Mericle Rock after David L. Mericle. Mericle was an electronics technician who worked for the U.S. Navy. He was stationed at the McMurdo Station in 1967.
The Mericle name was first found in Normandy, France. The first settlers of this family name or variation of this name were Bastian Merree who in 1727 settled in Philadelphia; Father Demers who lived in Quebec in 1848