Court Nunatak

Court Nunatak
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height	685 m
location	Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula
Coordinates	73 ° 21 ′ 21 ″ S , 61 ° 38 ′ 28 ″ W Coordinates: 73 ° 21 ′ 21 ″ S , 61 ° 38 ′ 28 ″ W

The Court Nunatak is a 5 km long and 685 m high nunatak on the Lassiter coast in the east of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises immediately to the east of the mouth of the Meinardus Glacier in the western part of the New Bedford Inlet .

He was discovered and photographed from the air during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) during an overflight in December 1940. Additional aerial photographs were taken in 1947 during an overflight as part of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–1948) under the direction of US polar researcher Finn Ronne , who also carried out geodetic surveys in collaboration with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). The FIDS named it after the American meteorologist Arnold Court (1914-1999), who worked for the USAS between 1939 and 1941 on the West Base of the United States Antarctic Service in Marie Byrd Land .

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