Mathis Nunatakker
| Mathis Nunatakker | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Ford Ranges | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 8 ′ S , 143 ° 27 ′ W | |
The Mathis Nunatakker are an isolated group of up to 978 m high Nunatakkers in the West Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . In the Ford Ranges they tower 8 miles east-southeast of Mount Warner near the head of the Arthur Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped them on the basis of the United States Navy's own surveys and aerial photographs from 1959 to 1965. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1970 after the engineer Terry R. Mathis, who lived on the Byrd between 1967 and 1968. Station was active.
Web links
- Mathis Nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mathis Nunataks on geographic.org (English)