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Ryrie Rock

Coordinates: 67°3′S 61°27′E / 67.050°S 61.450°E / -67.050; 61.450
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Ryrie Rock (67°3′S 61°27′E / 67.050°S 61.450°E / -67.050; 61.450) is an isolated rock off the coast, 20 kilometres (11 nmi) northeast of Kidson Island and 48 kilometres (26 nmi) northeast of Byrd Head. Discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, who named it for the Australian High Commissioner in London at the time, Granville Ryrie.

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Ryrie Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.