Christoph Nunatak
| Christoph Nunatak | ||
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| height | 1300 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Lyons Nunatakker | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 49 ′ 0 ″ S , 73 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Christoph-Nunatak is an approximately 1300 m high Nunatak in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises 4 km east-northeast of the Holtet-Nunatak in the group of the Lyon-Nunatakker .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1965 and 1968 and Landsat satellite images from 1973 to 1974. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1988 after the atmospheric physicist Klaus J. Christoph, who from 1970 to 1971 worked on the Siple station .
Web links
- Christoph Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Christoph Nunatak on geographic.org (English)