Castillo Nunatak
| Castillo Nunatak | ||
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 View from Mount Friesland to the Castillo-Nunatak |
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| height | 443 m | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 39 ′ 28 " S , 60 ° 17 ′ 21" W | |
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The Castillo Nunatak ( Spanish Nunatak del Castillo ) is a 443 m high nunatak on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises 0.8 km west of Willan Nunatak , 2.5 km northeast of Napier Peak , 2.9 km east of Charrúa Ridge and 2.8 km east-southeast of Krum Rock .
Spanish scientists mapped it in 1991 and named it after its resemblance to a castle or chateau ( Spanish castillo ).
Web links
- Castillo, Nunatak del in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)