Baines Nunatak
| Baines Nunatak | ||
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| height | 1020 m | |
| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Shackleton Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 19 ′ 15 ″ S , 23 ° 59 ′ 3 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Baines Nunatak is a 1020 m high nunatak in the East Antarctic Coatsland . In the Pioneers Escarpment of the Shackleton Range , it looms east of Bernhardi Heights and 16 km northwest of Jackson Tooth .
Aerial photographs were taken in 1967 by the United States Navy ; the British Antarctic Survey surveyed the formation between 1968 and 1971. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1978 after the British explorer and writer Thomas Baines (1822-1875), whose works include the book William Barry Lord Shifts and Expedients of Camp Life, Travel and Exploration, which was co-authored with William Barry Lord from 1876.
Web links
- Baines Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Baines Nunatak on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Thomas Baines, William Lord Barry (1876), Shifts and Expedients of Camp Life, Travel and Exploration. (English, accessed from the Internet Archive on October 1, 2016)