Farman Nunatak
| Farman Nunatak | ||
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| height | 655 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 24 '52 " S , 61 ° 6' 55" W | |
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The Farman Nunatak is a 655 m high nunatak on the Danco coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises west of Mount Morton in the middle of the Blériot Glacier .
Aerial photographs taken during the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1956–1957) were used for mapping by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the Nunatak in 1960 after the French aviation and automobile pioneer Henri Farman (1874-1958), who carried the world's first passenger on an airplane on March 29, 1908.
Web links
- Farman Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Farman Nunatak on geographic.org (English)