Hutchins Nunatakker
| Hutchins Nunatakker | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Hauberg Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 75 ° 38 ′ S , 68 ° 10 ′ W | |
The Hutchins nunatakkers are a group of nunatakkers on the Orville coast of west Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the Hauberg Mountains they tower up to 1200 m high 20 km north-northeast of Mount Leek .
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1961 to 1967. A team of geologists led by Peter Dewitt Rowley (* 1942) from the USGS visited it in December 1977. Rowley named her after Lieutenant Commander John Roy Hutchins, Navy pilot of an LC-130 Hercules in support of the crew.
Web links
- Hutchins nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hutchins Nunataks on geographic.org (English)