Davey Nunatakker
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location | Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
part of | Grove Mountains | |
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Coordinates | 72 ° 58 ′ S , 74 ° 52 ′ E |
The Davey Nunatakkers are a group of seven Nunatakkers in Princess Elisabeth Land, East Antarctica . In the Grove Mountains , they are 3 miles southwest of Mount Harding .
The nunatakkers were mapped using aerial photographs taken between 1956 and 1960 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named it on July 29, 1965 after the Australian topography draftsman S. L. Davey, who was involved in the creation of maps of Antarctica as an employee of the Australian Ministry of National Development .
Web links
- Davey Nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Davey Nunataks on geographic.org (English)