John Nunatak
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 81 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ S , 85 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The John Nunatak is an isolated nunatak of granite in the West Antarctic Ellsworth Land . It rises 6 km north of the Pirrit Hills .
The seismologist Edward C. Thiel and the geologist John Campbell Craddock discovered him on December 13, 1959 during a flight along the 88th west longitude for the purpose of geophysical studies. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1962 after Orlan F. John (1925-1960) of the United States Navy , who was killed in a construction accident at McMurdo Station on November 2, 1960.
Web links
- John Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- John Nunatak on geographic.org (English)