Lawson-Nunatakker
| Lawson-Nunatakker | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Usarp Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 47 ′ S , 159 ° 45 ′ E | |
The Lawson Nunatakker are a 6 km long series of nunatakkers in East Antarctica Victoria Land . In the Usarp Mountains, they rise 6 km southwest of Keim Peak .
The United States Geological Survey mapped them based on their own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1962. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1970 after Gerald J. Lawson biologist of the United States Antarctic Research Program at McMurdo Station between 1957 and 1968.
Web links
- Lawson Nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lawson Nunataks on geographic.org (English)