Exile Nunatak
| Exile Nunatak | ||
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| height | 350 m | |
| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 32 '34 " S , 70 ° 52' 37" W | |
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The Exile Nunatak is a 350 m high and isolated nunatak in the west-central part of the Alexander I Island west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises in the northwestern section of the Handel-Piedmont Glacier .
The British geographer Derek Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped it in 1960 using aerial photographs taken by the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948). The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee descriptively named it in 1961 for its isolated geographic location.
Web links
- Exile Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Exile Nunatak on geographic.org (English)