Canoe nunatak
| Canoe nunatak | ||
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 still unnamed on the map sheet from 1988 (southeast area, 3.5 km east-southeast of Mount Blackwelder ) |
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Wilkniss Mountains , Quartermain Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 16 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Canoe Nunatak is a 1.5 km long and 300 m wide nunatak in East Antarctica, Victoria Land . In the Wilkniss Mountains, it rises 3.5 km east-southeast of Mount Blackwelder .
Alan Sherwood, director of the New Zealand Geological Survey's 1987-1988 campaign , named it after its resemblance to an upside-down canoe .
Web links
- Canoe Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Canoe Nunatak on geographic.org (English)