Blackend Nunatak

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Blackend Nunatak
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height 2553  m
location Australian Antarctic Territory
Mountains Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates 79 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  S , 155 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 79 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  S , 155 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E
Blackend Nunatak (Antarctica)
Blackend Nunatak
Normal way Alpine tour (glaciated)

The Blackend Nunatak (from English blackend 'black end' ) is a striking and 2553  m high nunatak on the eastern edge of the Australian Antarctic Territory . With its unsnow-covered black cliffs, especially on its southern flank, it rises at the upper end of the southern arm of the Darwin Glacier in the Transantarctic Mountains .

The team to explore the Darwin Glacier in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) mapped it and named it descriptively. Since 1960 he has been on the list of the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia .

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