Aitken Nunatak
| Aitken Nunatak | ||
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| height | 2785 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Grosvenor Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 42 '0 " S , 173 ° 49' 0" E | |
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The Aitken Nunatak is a small nunatak that rises at an altitude of 2,785 m about 5 km southwest of Mount Bumstead in the Grosvenor Mountains of the Transantarctic Mountains .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after William M. Aitken, aurora researcher for the United States Antarctic Research Program at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in 1962.
Web links
- Aitken Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Aitken-Nunatak on geographic.org (English)