Arrowhead Nunatak
| Arrowhead Nunatak | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 82 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ S , 157 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Arrowhead nunatak is a long and narrow nunatak in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises 11 km southeast of the Sullivan Nunatak from the head end of the Nimrod Glacier in the Transantarctic Mountains .
The northern group of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1960–1961) mapped and named him. Name derives from its resemblance to an arrowhead ( English arrowhead ).
Web links
- Arrowhead Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Arrowhead Nunatak on geographic.org (English)