Horsa Nunatakker
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| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 68 ° 56 ′ S , 70 ° 18 ′ W | |
The Horsa Nunatakkers are an isolated group of five mainly snow-covered nunataks in the northeast of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . They tower 22 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 on-site surveys in 1948. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after Horsa in 1955 , a legendary Anglo-Saxon leader of the 5th century together with his brother Hengist .
Web links
- Horsa Nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Horsa Nunataks on geographic.org (English)