O'Connell-Nunatak
| O'Connell-Nunatak | ||
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| height | 1210 m | |
| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Patuxent Range , Pensacola Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 42 '58 " S , 65 ° 7' 59" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The O'Connell Nunatak is a 1210 m high nunatak with a rocky summit in the West Antarctic Queen Elizabeth Land . In the Patuxent Range of the Pensacola Mountains it rises 10 km south-southeast of Mount Murch .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1956 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after Richard V. O'Connell, seismologist at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctic winter 1967.
Web links
- O'Connell Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- O'Connell Nunatak on geographic.org (English)