Burkitt Nunatak
| Burkitt Nunatak | ||
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| height | 1200 m | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Dyer Plateau | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ S , 66 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Burkitt Nunatak is a small and 1200 m high nunatak in Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 15 km west-southwest of the Crescent Scarp in the northwest section of the Dyer Plateau .
The British Antarctic Survey carried out a survey of glaciological work between 1980 and 1981. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after David Michael Burkitt (* 1944), a survey employee who had previously participated in an expedition to Elephant Island from 1970 to 1971 .
Web links
- Burkitt Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Burkitt Nunatak on geographic.org (English)