Filson Nunatak
| Filson Nunatak | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Framnes Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ S , 63 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Filson nunatak is a small nunatak in Mac Robertson Land, East Antarctica . In the eastern part of the Framnes Mountains it rises 10 km east of the Trost Peak .
As part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions , aerial photographs were taken in 1958, and in December 1962 the mountain was explored by a team from this research series. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named it after Rex B. Filson, a carpenter at Mawson Station in 1962 and a member of the team that visited the mountain and explored lichen in the Framnes Mountains.
Web links
- Filson Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Filson Nunatak on geographic.org (English)