Hengist Nunatak
| Hengist Nunatak | ||
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| height | 610 m | |
| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 0 ′ 9 ″ S , 70 ° 13 ′ 35 ″ W | |
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The Hengist Nunatak is an isolated and 610 m high nunatak with a flattened summit in the northeast of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . It rises 16 km north of Mount Calais above the Roberts Piedmont Glacier .
The first aerial photographs were taken in 1936 during the British Graham Land Expedition (1934–1937) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer John Rymill . The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out surveys in 1948. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 1955 after Hengist , legendary 5th century Anglo-Saxon leader and founder of the Kingdom of Kent .
Web links
- Hengist Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hengist Nunatak on geographic.org (English)