Kakapo Nunatak
Kakapo Nunatak | ||
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height | 1200 m | |
location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
Mountains | Kea Nunatakker | |
Coordinates | 77 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ S , 166 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Type | Nunatak |
The Kakapo Nunatak is a 1200 m high nunatak on the Antarctic Ross Island . It is the more southerly of two nunatakkers 500 m apart in the group of the Kea-Nunatakker and rises 5.5 km north-northeast of the summit of Mount Bird and immediately northeast of the Takahe-Nunatak .
The New Zealand Geographic Board named the Nunatak in 2000 after the Kakapo , the New Zealand owl parrot.
Web links
- Kakapo Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kakapo Nunatak on geographic.org (English)