Day nunatak
| Day nunatak | ||
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| location | Snow Hill Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 29 '56 " S , 57 ° 20' 50" W | |
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The Day Nunatak is a nunatak on Snow Hill Island south of the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . He breaks through 2.8 kilometers north of the Dingle Nunatak the ice cap of the island.
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 1995 after Crispin Mark Jeremy Day (* 1960), long-time field research assistant of the British Antarctic Survey at Rothera Station (1986-1989, 1991-1992 and 1993-1994) and on the James-Ross Island (1994-1995).
Web links
- Day Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Day Nunatak on geographic.org (English)