Oceana Nunatak
| Oceana Nunatak | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Archipelago | Seal Islands | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 8 ′ S , 59 ° 49 ′ W | |
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| Highest elevation | 270 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Oceana Nunatak is an island-like and 270 m high nunatak off the Nordenskjöld coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is the easternmost of the Nunatakkers in the Seal Islands group and is located on the northwest tip of Robertson Island .
It was discovered in December 1893 during the whaling expedition (1892-1894) of the Norwegian whaler and Antarctic explorer Carl Anton Larsen . Larsen named him after the Sandefjord- based shipping company Oceana , which supported his expedition.
Web links
- Oceana Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Oceana Nunatak on geographic.org (English)