Erven-Nunatakker
| Erven-Nunatakker | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | McCuddin Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 75 ° 45 ′ S , 128 ° 10 ′ W | |
The Erven Nunatakkers are a small group of Nunatakkers in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . They tower 12 km northeast of Putzke Peak in the McCuddin Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped them using surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1959 to 1965. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1966 after Raymond D. Erven, meteorologist for the United States Antarctic Research Program on the Byrd- Station in 1964.
Web links
- Erven Nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Erven Nunataks on geographic.org (English)