James-Nunatak (South Georgia)
| James Nunatak | ||
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| height | 478 m | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 8 '48 " S , 37 ° 10' 49" W | |
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The James Nunatak is a 478 m high nunatak on South Georgia in the South Atlantic . It looms between Shackleton Gap and the Murray Snowfield .
The Nunatak is on the route that the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton set out in 1916 as part of the Endurance Expedition (1914–1917) with two companions to rescue the expedition members stranded on Elephant Island . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2014. It is named after the James Caird boat , with which Shackleton and five other participants on the research trip sailed from Elephant Island to South Georgia between April 24 and May 8, 1916.
Web links
- James Nunatak . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)