Larson Nunatakker
| Larson Nunatakker | ||
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| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Forrestal Range , Pensacola Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 82 ° 45 ′ S , 47 ° 57 ′ W | |
The Larson Nunatakkers are a small group of Nunatakkers in Queen Elizabeth Land, West Antarctica . On the eastern flank of the Forrestal Range in the Pensacola Mountains, they rise 2.5 km southeast of Mount Malville .
The United States Geological Survey mapped them using their own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1956 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1968 after Larry R. Larson, aircraft electronics technician at Ellsworth Station in the Antarctic winter of 1957.
Web links
- Larson Nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Larson Nunataks on geographic.org (English)