Herrmann-Nunatak
| Herrmann-Nunatak | ||
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| height | 1090 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Ford Ranges | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ S , 143 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Herrmann Nunatak is a Nunatak in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . In the Ford Ranges, it looms 6 km northeast of the eastern end of the Phillips Mountains .
Participants in the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) discovered and mapped it. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1966 after John Lovejoy Herrmann (1892-1983), photographer of the second Antarctic expedition (1933-1935) of the US polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd .
Web links
- Herrmann Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Herrmann Nunatak on geographic.org (English)