Niggli Nunatakker
| Niggli Nunatakker | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Read Mountains in the Shackleton Range | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 38 ′ S , 23 ° 19 ′ W | |
The Niggli Nunatakker are a group of up to 1470 m high Nunatakker in the East Antarctic Coatsland . In the Shackleton Range they loom 10 km north-northeast of Mount Wegener at the eastern end of the Read Mountains .
Aerial photographs were taken in 1967 by the United States Navy . The British Antarctic Survey carried out surveys between 1968 and 1971. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the group on January 5, 1972 after the Swiss geoscientist Paul Niggli (1888-1953).
Web links
- Niggli Nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Niggli Nunataks on geographic.org (English)