Griffith Nunatakker

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Griffith Nunatakker
location Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica
part of Ford Ranges
Griffith Nunatakker (Antarctica)
Griffith Nunatakker
Coordinates 76 ° 28 ′  S , 143 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 76 ° 28 ′  S , 143 ° 45 ′  W
Topographic map with the Griffith Nunataks (top left)

Topographic map with the Griffith Nunataks (top left)

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The Griffith Nunatakker are a group of up to 1050  m high nunatakkers in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . In the Ford Ranges they loom between the O'Connor Nunatakkern and Mount Perkins on the southern flank of the Balchen Glacier .

Scientists United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) discovered it during an overflight in 1940. It is named after Clyde William Griffith (1913–1986), machinist and tractor operator on this research trip.

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