Crotchet nunatakker
| Crotchet nunatakker | ||
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| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Staccato peaks | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 45 ′ S , 70 ° 20 ′ W | |
The crochet nunatakkers are a group of four nunatakkers in the southern part of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . They rise up to heights of up to 750 m on the northeast side of the Staccato Peaks .
Aerial photographs were taken in December 1947 during the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–1948). These were used by the British geographer Derek Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from 1959 to 1960 for mapping. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1980 after the English name for a quarter note based on the naming of other objects in this area after terms and people from the music field.
Web links
- Crotchet Nunataks in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)