Nicol Crags
| Nicol Crags | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Read Mountains , Shackleton Range | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 44 ′ S , 24 ° 6 ′ W | |
The Nicol Crags are around 1300 m high rocky outcrops in the East Antarctic Coatsland . In the Read Mountains of the Shackleton Range, they loom south of Arkell Cirque .
The United States Navy took the first aerial photographs in 1967. The British Antarctic Survey carried out surveys between 1968 and 1971. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1972 after the British physicist and geologist William Nicol (≈1768–1851).
Web links
- Nicol Crags in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nicol Crags on geographic.org (English)