Grayson Nunatak
| Grayson Nunatak | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Gutenko-Nunatakker , Ford Ranges | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ S , 143 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Grayson nunatak is a nunatak in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica . In the Ford Ranges it rises as the most northwestern elevation of the Gutenko Nunatakker 5 km west of the Crummey Nunatak .
Scientists from the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) discovered and mapped it. The United States Geological Survey mapped it again using its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1959 to 1965. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the Nunatak in 1972 after Donald E. Grayson (1931–1988), engineer on the Byrd Station in 1970.
Web links
- Grayson Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Grayson Nunatak on geographic.org (English)