Borchgrevink Nunatak
| Borchgrevink Nunatak | ||
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| height | 650 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 2 '23 " S , 62 ° 30' 51" W | |
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The Borchgrevink Nunatak is a 650 m high nunatak that extends over a length of 2.5 km on the south side of the entrance to the Richthofen Pass on the Oskar II coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula .
It was discovered in 1902 during the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) under the direction of Otto Nordenskjöld , who named it after the Norwegian polar explorer Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink (1864–1934).
Web links
- Borchgrevink Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Borchgrevink Nunatak on geographic.org (English)