Mirfak-Nunatak
| Mirfak-Nunatak | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 81 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ S , 156 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Mirfak nunatak is a nunatak near the polar plateau in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises 10 miles southwest of Vance Bluff .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1965 after the USNS Mirfak , a transport ship that had been used for trips to McMurdo Station in Operation Deep Freeze in 1963 .
Web links
- Mirfak Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mirfak Nunatak on geographic.org (English)