Larkman Nunatak
| Larkman Nunatak | ||
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| height | 2660 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Grosvenor Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ S , 179 ° 23 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Larkman nunatak is a large, isolated and 2,660 m high nunatak in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises 20 km east of the Mauger Nunatak at the southeast end of the Grosvenor Mountains .
It was discovered by participants in a campaign carried out from 1961 to 1962 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition . It is named after Alfred Herbert Larkman (1890–1962), the chief engineer of the Aurora as a member of the Ross Sea Party as part of the endurance expedition (1914–1917) led by the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton .
Web links
- Larkman Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Larkman Nunatak on geographic.org (English)