Downs Nunatak

Downs Nunatak
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height	1000 m
location	Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula
Mountains	Crescent Scarp
Coordinates	69 ° 35 '4 " S , 66 ° 38' 2" W Coordinates: 69 ° 35 '4 " S , 66 ° 38' 2" W

The Downs Nunatak is an approximately 1000 m high nunatak of the Palmerland in the southern part of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the Scarp Crescent not far from the Fallières coast , it looms between the Garcie Peaks and the Webb Peak .

Aerial photos of the nunatak were taken in 1940 during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) and in 1966 by the United States Navy . The British Antarctic Survey carried out surveys between 1970 and 1973. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him after Bobby G. Downs, a cook at Palmer Station in the Antarctic winter of 1968.

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