Carapace Nunatak
| Carapace Nunatak | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Carapace nunatak is a distinctive and isolated nunatak in East Antarctica Victoria Land . It rises 13 km southwest of Mount Brooke near the head of the Mackay Glacier as a landmark that can be seen from afar.
The New Zealand crew of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) named it after the shells ( carapaces ) of small crustaceans found here .
Web links
- Carapace Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Carapace Nunatak on geographic.org (English)