Hesperus Nunatak
| Hesperus Nunatak | ||
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| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 30 ′ 58 ″ S , 69 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Hesperus Nunatak is a pointed nunatak in the southeast of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . It rises 3 km southwest of Titania Peak and around 28 km west of the Venus Glacier .
The British Directorate of Overseas Surveys mapped it using satellite images from NASA . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1974 based on the name of the Venus Glacier after Hesperus , the ancient name for the evening star .
Web links
- Hesperus Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hesperus Nunatak on geographic.org (English)