George Nunatak
| George Nunatak | ||
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| height | 1050 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ S , 145 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The George Nunatak is a 1050 m high nunatak in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . It rises halfway between the eastern part of the Harold Byrd Mountains and the Leverett Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Paul George, a member of the United States Army's helicopter unit , which supported the work of the United States Geological Survey in Antarctica between 1962 and 1963.
Web links
- George Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- George Nunatak on geographic.org (English)