Knipowitsch-Nunatak
| Knipowitsch-Nunatak | ||
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| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Nye Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 68 ° 4 ′ 0 ″ S , 49 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Knipowitsch Nunatak ( Russian Гора Книповича Gora Knipowitscha , English Knippovich Nunatak ) is a nunatak in the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It rises 6 km north of Mount Underwood in the Nye Mountains .
Aerial photos of the Nunatak were taken in 1957 and 1958 during the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions and in 1962 during a Soviet Antarctic expedition. It is named after the Russian oceanographer Nikolai Michailowitsch Knipowitsch (1862–1939), leader of several expeditions to the Barents Sea .
literature
- John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 866 (English).
Web links
- Knippovich Nunatak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)