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Newsletter George I Hendersin Knob Newsletter


Killed In Action        December 30, 1946        Killed In Action

HENDERSIN KNOB



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 	Hill, Knob
 	Latitude:  	 72° 08' 00.0" S  	 (-72.1333333°)
	Longitude: 	101° 26' 00.0" W 	(-101.4333333°)
	Altitude: 		
	Confidence in position: 	

 	An ice-covered knob rising between the heads of Craft and Rochray Glaciers in the
	SW part of Thurston Island. First plotted from air photos taken by USN Operation 
	Highjump, 1946-47.

	Named by US-ACAN for aviation radioman Wendell K. Hendersin, USN, a member of the 
	expedition who lost his life in a seaplane crash at Thurston Island on Dec. 30, 1946.


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