Gootee Nunatak
| Gootee Nunatak | ||
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| height | 250 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Gootee Nunatak is an approximately 250 m high nunatak on the Shackleton coast of the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It is the only ledge on the western end of Couzens Bay .
A team led by the US geologist Edmund Stump (* 1946) from Arizona State University explored it between 2000 and 2001 as part of the United States Antarctic Program . Namesake is Brian Francis Gootee (* 1972), who belonged to this team.
Web links
- Gootee Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gootee Nunatak on geographic.org (English)