Graves Nunatakker
| Graves Nunatakker | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , Antarctica | |
| part of | La Gorce Mountains in the Queen Maud Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 86 ° 43 ′ S , 141 ° 30 ′ W | |
The Graves nunatakkers are a small group of nunatakkers in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica . In the La Gorce Mountains they tower 22 km east-southeast of Beard Peak near the edge of the polar plateau .
The United States Geological Survey mapped them based on their own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1963. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1967 after Gerald V. Graves of the Navy flight squadron VX-6, who works as an aerial photographer served in Operation Deep Freeze in 1966 and 1967.
Web links
- Graves Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Graves Nunataks on geographic.org (English)