Cohen Nunatak
| Cohen Nunatak | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ S , 136 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Cohen nunatak is a nunatak in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . It rises 1.5 km west of the lower section of the Reedy Glacier and 11 km east of the Berry Peaks .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1960 and 1963. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Lieutenant Harvey A. Cohen, public relations officer on the command staff of the United States Navy Support Forces in Antarctica during Operation Deep Freeze in 1966 and 1967.
Web links
- Cohen Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cohen Nunatak on geographic.org (English)