High nunatak

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High nunatak
height 1310  m
location Ellsworthland , West Antarctica
Mountains Heritage Range in the Ellsworth Mountains
Coordinates 80 ° 3 ′ 10 ″  S , 82 ° 37 ′ 8 ″  W Coordinates: 80 ° 3 ′ 10 ″  S , 82 ° 37 ′ 8 ″  W
High Nunatak (Antarctica)
High nunatak

The high nunatak is an isolated nunatak in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the Heritage Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, it rises from the glacial ice about 6.4 km east of the Liberty Hills in the Horseshoe Valley .

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1966 after Elmer High, the "crew chief" of a helicopter of the 62nd Transportation Detachment of the United States Army for logistical support of a geological research expedition of the University of Minnesota , which was active from 1963 to 1964 in the area.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b High Nunatak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 16, 2010.