Cowie Nunatak
| Cowie Nunatak | ||
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| height | 1782 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Cowie Nunatak is a massive and 1782 m high nunatak in the shape of a cliff in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises with a steep eastern flank 8 km west of the Detour Nunatak in the upper section of the Mackay Glacier .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it on November 4, 1999 after James Cowie, head of the Cape Roberts drilling project .
Web links
- Cowie Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cowie Nunatak on geographic.org (English)