Brinton Nunatak
| Brinton Nunatak | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Wisconsin Range , Horlick Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ S , 132 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Brinton nunatak is a small nunatak in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . In the Wisconsin Range of the Horlick Mountains, it marks the western foothills of the Ford Nunatakker .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Curtis C. Brinton (* 1936), assistant on the Byrd station in Antarctic winter 1957.
Web links
- Brinton Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Brinton Nunatak on geographic.org (English)