Lewisohn Nunatak
| Lewisohn Nunatak | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Ford Ranges | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ S , 142 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Lewisohn nunatak is an isolated nunatak in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica . In the Ford Ranges , it looms 16 km southeast of the Mackay Mountains .
Scientists from the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) discovered and mapped it. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the Nunatak in 1966 after Walter Pickett Lewisohn (1910-1992), radio operator on the second Antarctic expedition (1933-1935) of the US polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd .
Web links
- Lewisohn Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lewisohn Nunatak on geographic.org (English)