Dwyer-Nunatakker
| Dwyer-Nunatakker | ||
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| location | Kempland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Hansenfjella | |
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| Coordinates | 68 ° 13 ' S , 58 ° 27' E | |
The Dwyer Nunatakker are a group of scattered mountain peaks and ridges in Kempland, East Antarctica . In the Hansenfjella they are distributed 3 km south of the Gjeitafjell over an area 10 km long and 5 km wide.
They were mapped using aerial photographs taken during the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named it after Victor J. Dwyer, a radio operator at Mawson Station in 1965, who was involved in 1965 tellurometer surveys of the Hansenfjella.
Web links
- Dwyer nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dwyer Nunataks on geographic.org (English).