Alexander Nunatakker
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| location | Wilkesland , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 30 ′ S , 110 ° 39 ′ E | |
 Map of the southern Windmill Islands with the Alexander Nunataks (bottom right) |
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The Alexander Nunatakker are two nunatakkers at the southern end of the Windmill Islands off the Budd coast in Wilkesland, East Antarctica . They tower on the edge of Penney Bay 650 m east of the base of the Browning Peninsula .
They were first mapped using aerial photographs taken by the United States Navy in 1947 and 1948 during Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named her after HN Alexander, a member of Operation Windmill's photography team.
Web links
- Alexander Nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Alexander Nunataks on geographic.org (English)