Hinely-Nunatak
| Hinely-Nunatak | ||
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 Topographic map with the Hinely Nunatak (below) |
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| height | 1450 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ S , 70 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Hinely Nunatak is a small, 1450 m high and largely isolated Nunatak in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises 1.5 km northwest of the Graser-Nunatak and 26 km east of the Sky-Hi-Nunatakker .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1987 after John A. Hinely Jr. (* 1945), cartographer of the United States Geological Survey , who was involved in satellite surveys at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in the Antarctic winter of 1976 .
Web links
- Hinely Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hinely Nunatak on geographic.org (English)