Dunn track
| Dunn track | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Queen Maud Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 86 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ S , 147 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ W | |
The Dunn Spur is a striking and 8 km long mountain ridge in the West Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . In the Queen Maud Mountains , it extends from Mount Blackburn along the northern flank of the Van Reeth Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1963. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Thomas H. Dunn (* 1939), the aircraft crew member of the U.S. Navy participated in aerial photography during Operation Deep Freeze in 1964, 1966, and 1967.
Web links
- Dunn track in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dunn Spur on geographic.org (English)