Beckett Nunatak
| Beckett Nunatak | ||
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| height | 1920 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Beckett Nunatak is a 1920 m high nunatak with snow-free flanks and a flattened summit in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises 15 km west of Mount Armytage and south of the Harbord Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1964 after William T. Beckett (1929-2000), caretaker at McMurdo Station in 1963.
Web links
- Beckett Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Beckett Nunatak on geographic.org (English)