- Matsuyama Rocks
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Matsuyama Rocks (66°40′S 66°35′W / 66.667°S 66.583°W) is a small group of rocks close off the west side of Stefan Ice Piedmont, Graham Land. Mapped from air photos taken by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) (1956–57). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Motonori Matsuyama (1884–1958), Professor of Geology and Geophysics, Kyto University, Japan, who made laboratory studies of the crystal forms of ice.
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