Kuhn-Nunatak
| Kuhn-Nunatak | ||
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| height | 730 m | |
| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Rambo Nunatakker , Pensacola Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 6 '58 " S , 66 ° 33' 58" W | |
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The Kuhn Nunatak is a 730 m high nunatak in Queen Elizabeth Land in West Antarctica . In the Rambo Nunatakker group in the Pensacola Mountains, it rises 6 km southwest of the Oliver Nunatak on the western flank of the Foundation Ice Stream .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1956 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after Michael H. Kuhn, a meteorologist on the plateau station in the Antarctic winter of 1967.
Web links
- Kuhn Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kuhn Nunatak on geographic.org (English)