Main nunatak
| Main nunatak | ||
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| location | Wilkesland , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ S , 110 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The main nunatak is a three ledge nunatak not far from the Budd coast in Wilkesland, East Antarctica . It rises 8 km south of the Alexander Nunatakker on the eastern flank of the lower foothills of the Vanderford Glacier .
Aerial photographs of the US American Operation Highjump (1946–1947) were used to map it. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1955 after Ensign Richard William Haupt (1927-2006) of the United States Navy , who was involved in Operation Windmill (1947-1948) at the establishment of astronomical observation stations along the Budd coast and the Kaiser Wilhelm -II.-Coast was involved.
Web links
- Main Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Main Nunatak on geographic.org (English)