Lunar Crag
| Lunar Crag | ||
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| height | 1200 m | |
| location | Alexander I Island ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Mountains | Planet Heights | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 7 '49 " S , 68 ° 39' 58" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Lunar Crag is a 1200 m high nunatak in the east of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . In Planet Heights, it rises at the head of the Pluto Glacier .
Aerial photographs of the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) were used by the British geographer Derek Searle from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960 for mapping. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1977 based on the naming of numerous geographical objects in the area after planets and their moons.
Web links
- Lunar Crag in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lunar Crag on geographic.org (English)