Dee-Nunatak
| Dee-Nunatak | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | McDonald Heights | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ S , 136 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Dee Nunatak is a nunatak in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . It rises 1.5 km west of the Rhodes Icefall in the middle of the Garfield Glacier in the western part of McDonald Heights .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1959 to 1965. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1974 after Lieutenant Thomas H. Dee of the US Navy, medical officer on the Byrd- Station in 1970.
Web links
- Dee Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dee Nunatak on geographic.org (English)