Lawson-Nunatak
| Lawson-Nunatak | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Framnes Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ S , 62 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Lawson nunatak is a small toothed nunatak found in Mac Robertson Land, East Antarctica . In the Masson Range of the Framnes Mountains it rises 3 km southeast of the Branson Nunatak .
The Nunatak served a 1968 campaign by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions as a fixed crossing point for trigonometric surveys of the area. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named it after Edgar J. Lawson, who assisted with the 1967 surveys.
Web links
- Lawson Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lawson Nunatak on geographic.org (English)