Arctowski Nunatak
| Arctowski Nunatak | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Archipelago | Seal Islands | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 6 ′ S , 60 ° 1 ′ W | |
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The Arctowski Nunatak is an island-like and 235 m high nunatak off the Nordenskjöld coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 3 km northwest of the Hertha-Nunatak in the group of seal islands .
It was mapped in 1902 by participants in the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903). Otto Nordenskjöld , leader of the expedition, named him after the Polish geologist, oceanographer and meteorologist Henryk Arctowski (1871-1958), participant of the Belgica expedition (1897-1899).
Web links
- Arctowski Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Arctowski Nunatak on geographic.org (English)