Angus Nunatak
| Angus Nunatak | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Wisconsin Range , Horlick Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ S , 124 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Angus Nunatak is the more northerly of two Nunatakker immediately north of Mount Brecher in the Wisconsin Range of the Horlick Mountains in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and with the help of aerial photographs by the United States Navy between 1959 and 1960. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after Gordon W. Angus, ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station in the Antarctic winter of 1961.
Web links
- Angus Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Angus Nunatak on geographic.org (English)