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[[File:Morrison-Barony.jpg|350px|thumb|Map showing the Morrison Rocks along the slope of Mount Frakes]]
The '''Morrison Rocks''' (76°51′S 117°39′W) are a group of rocks which outcrop along the southern slope of [[Mount Frakes]], in the [[Crary Mountains]] of [[Westarctica]].

==Discovery and name==
They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] aerial photographs taken throughout the years 1959–66. The rocks were named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names in honor of Paul W. Morrison, a Navy hospital corpsman at the [[Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station|South Pole Station]] in 1974.

==Peerage title==
On 17 January 2019, the [[Peerage of Westarctica|life peerage]] title Baroness of Morrison was granted to Mandy Helbig, wife of the Baron of [[Baker Nunatak|Baker]].

[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]

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