Bering Nunatak
| Bering Nunatak | ||
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| height | 1450 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sky-Hi-Nunatakker | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 54 ′ 51 ″ S , 71 ° 18 ′ 6 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Bering Nunatak is a 1450 m high nunatak in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises east-southeast of Mount Carrara in the Sky-Hi-Nunatakkern .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after the American physicist Edgar A. Bering from the University of Houston , who carried out studies of the high atmosphere on the Siple station between 1980 and 1981 .
Web links
- Bering Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bering Nunatak on geographic.org (English)