Monastery-Nunatak
| Monastery-Nunatak | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Quartermain Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Monastery Nunatak is an imposing and isolated Nunatak in East Antarctica Victoria Land . On the south side of the Quartermain Mountains, it rises at the head of the Ferrar Glacier between Mount Feather and Pivot Peak .
With its hood made of light sandstone and the vertical slopes on a foundation made of black dolerite , it is reminiscent of a Tibetan monastery . This prompted a New Zealand survey team on the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) to use the descriptive name.
Web links
- Monastery Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nunatak Monastery on geographic.org