Musson Nunatak
| Musson Nunatak | ||
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| height | 2100 m | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Dyer Plateau | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 30 ′ 19 ″ S , 63 ° 28 ′ 38 ″ W | |
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The Musson Nunatak is a pyramid-shaped and about 2100 m high nunatak in the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 16 km south of Mount Jackson on the eastern edge of the Dyer Plateau .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it in 1974. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1976 after the aerial photographer John Mack Musson (1943-2016) of the United States Navy , who between 1968 and 1969 on board an LC-130 Hercules of the VXE flight squadron -6 was involved in the creation of the aerial photographs required for mapping in this area.
Web links
- Musson Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Musson Nunatak on geographic.org (English)