McCarthy Nunatak
| McCarthy Nunatak | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 7 '0 " S , 64 ° 45' 0" E | |
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The McCarthy nunatak is a small nunatak in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . It protrudes 8 km southeast of Depot Peak only slightly above the level of the surrounding ice sheet .
It was discovered in 1970 during an overflight on the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it after Ian C. McCarthy, chief meteorological observer at Mawson Station in 1970, who was involved in exploring the Prince Charles Mountains in 1971 .
Web links
- McCarthy Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- McCarthy Nunatak on geographic.org (English)