Detour Nunatak
| Detour Nunatak | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Detour Nunatak is a large, 6 km long and 3 km wide nunatak in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises between the Frazier Glacier and the upper section of the Mackay Glacier .
The New Zealand crew of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) named it so, because a detour ( English detour ) south of this Nunatak was necessary when climbing over the Mackay Glacier .
Web links
- Detour Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Detour Nunatak on geographic.org (English)