Runyon Rock

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Runyon Rock (76°56′S 116°33′W) is a prominent rock along the northern side of Boyd Ridge, in the Crary Mountains of Westarctica. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for William E. Runyon, U.S. Navy, construction electrician at the South Pole Station in 1969 and 1974.