Centipede Nunatak
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 Topographic map of Ross Island with Ford Rock on the Hut Point Peninsula (bottom left). The Centipede Nunatak lies north-northwest of this formation. |
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| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ S , 166 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Centipede Nunatak is a narrow and 500 m long nunatak on the Antarctic Ross Island . It rises 1.3 km north-northwest of Ford Rock in the center of the Hut Point Peninsula .
It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 2000. It is named after the nunatak segmenting snow bands, which give it a resemblance to a millipede ( English centipede ).
Web links
- Centipede Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Centipede Nunatak on geographic.org (English)