Killer nunatak

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Killer nunatak
height 2080  m
location Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Mountains Usarp Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates 71 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  S , 160 ° 28 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 71 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  S , 160 ° 28 ′ 0 ″  E
Killer Nunatak (Antarctica)
Killer nunatak
Normal way Alpine tour (glaciated)

The Killer Nunatak is a 2,080  m high Nunatak of granite in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Usarp Mountains it rises 8 km northwest of Mount Phelan near the center of the Emlen Peaks .

The northern group of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition's campaign, which lasted from 1963 to 1964, named it after its resemblance to the dorsal fin of a killer whale .

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