Iapetus Nunatak
| Iapetus Nunatak | ||
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| height | 915 m | |
| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 35 ′ 7 ″ S , 70 ° 13 ′ 59 ″ W | |
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The Iapetus Nunatak is a 915 m high nunatak in the south of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . It rises halfway between the Walton Mountains and the Staccato Peaks on the southwestern edge of the Satellite Snowfield .
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 naming of the Saturn glacier after the Saturn moon Iapetus .
Web links
- Iapetus Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Iapetus Nunatak on geographic.org (English)