Baker nunatak
| Baker nunatak | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Wisconsin Range , Horlick Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 23 ′ 0 ″ S , 124 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Baker nunatak is a nunatak in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . It rises one mile northwest of Mount Brecher in the northern Wisconsin Range in the Horlick Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped the mountain using its own surveys and aerial photographs by the United States Navy between 1959 and 1960. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after Travis L. Baker, a meteorologist at Byrd Station in the Antarctic winter of 1961.
Web links
- Baker Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Baker Nunatak on geographic.org (English)