Caninus Nunatak
| Caninus Nunatak | ||
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| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Walton Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 5 ′ 51 ″ S , 70 ° 9 ′ 2 ″ W | |
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The Caninus Nunatak is a 700 m high nunatak on the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . It rises east of the Palindrome Buttress in the northern part of the Walton Mountains .
The British Antarctic Survey killed and buried nine sled dogs here as part of a field research campaign that ran from 1974 to 1975. This event gave its name to the nunatak.
Web links
- Caninus Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Caninus Nunatak on geographic.org (English)