Stonehocker Point

Stonehocker Point (66°15′S 110°31′E / 66.250°S 110.517°E / -66.250; 110.517Coordinates: 66°15′S 110°31′E / 66.250°S 110.517°E / -66.250; 110.517) is a rocky point on which Wilkes Station is built, forming the west extremity of Clark Peninsula. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Wilkes Station was established in 1937 and occupied by a U.S. party under C.R. Eklund. Named by Eklund for Garth H. Stonehocker, ionospheric scientist with the US-IGY wintering party of 1957 at Wilkes Station.

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