McNair-Nunatak
| McNair-Nunatak | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ S , 63 ° 23 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The McNair nunatak is a small and defined nunatak located in Mac Robertson Land, East Antarctica . It rises 19 km east of the central part of the Masson Range and 8 km south-southeast of the Russell Nunatak .
He was first sighted in November 1954 by a team as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions under the direction of Robert George Dovers (1921-1981). The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named him after Richard George McNair, cook at Mawson Station in 1955.
Web links
- McNair Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- McNair Nunatak on geographic.org (English)