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[[File:Land-Glacier-Milan.png|350px|thumb|Map showing the land glacier and Milan Rock]]
'''Milan Rock''' (76°1′S 140°41′W) is a rock along the eastern margin of the [[Land Glacier]], 2 nautical miles (4 km) southeast of Mount Hartkopf and 70 miles northeast of the [[Gutenko Nunataks]], in [[Westarctica]]. It is the southernmost outcrop near the head of the [[glacier]].

==Discovery and name==
The feature was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] aerial photography taken during 1959–65. Milan Rock was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names for Frederick T. Milan. He was a U.S. Navy aviation structural mechanic and a member of Squadron VX-6 air crew on an LC-130 aircraft for several seasons, as well as serving as a crew member on the first midwinter flight to Antarctica on 25 June 1964.

==Peerage title==
On 17 January 2018, Marc Michels was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica|peerage title]] Baron of Milan in recognition of his support of Westarctica.

[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]

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