Monument Nunatakker
| Monument Nunatakker | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 35 ′ S , 162 ° 15 ′ E | |
 Map sheet Freyberg Mountains from 1967 with the monument nunataks near the western edge of the map |
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The Monument Nunatakker are a group of prominent nunatakkers in East Antarctica Victoria Land . As part of the Transantarctic Mountains, they tower north of Sculpture Mountain in the upper section of the Rennick Glacier .
The northern group of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1962–1963) named them after their numerous rock peaks and peculiarly shaped ledges that are reminiscent of a monument .
Web links
- Monument Nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Monument Nunataks on geographic.org (English)