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The '''Kraut Rocks''' (76°4′S 136°11′W) are a group of rock outcrops on the [[snow]]-covered, lower southwest slopes of the [[Mount Berlin]] massif in [[Westarctica]].

==Discovery and name==
The rocks were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos collected during the years 1959–66. The Kraut Rocks were named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names in honor of William F. Kraut, U.S. Navy, who served as a radioman with the 1956 Army Navy Trail Party that traversed eastward from Little America V to establish [[Byrd Station]].

[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]

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