Aviator nunatak
| Aviator nunatak | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ S , 168 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Aviator Nunatak is the northernmost three large nunatakker in the upper section of the Liv Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains . It rises 4 miles east of Mount Wells .
The southern group of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961–1962) named it after the pilots involved in the 1929 South Pole flight of the US polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd .
Web links
- Aviator Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Aviator Nunatak on geographic.org (English)