Okskaya Nunatak
| Okskaya Nunatak | ||
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| height | 2295 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Weyprechtberge , Hoelfjella | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ S , 13 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Okskaya Nunatak ( English , Russian Гора Окская Gora Okskaja , German 'Oka-Berg' , Norwegian Oksanabben ) is an elongated and 2295 m high nunatak in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the Weyprecht Mountains it rises at the northern end of the Rimekalvane .
He was discovered and photographed from the air during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of Alfred Ritscher . Norwegian cartographers mapped it on the basis of surveys and aerial photographs of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960). Scientists on a Soviet Antarctic expedition mapped it again between 1960 and 1961 and gave it its name. Presumably namesake is the Russian river Oka . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names transferred this designation in 1970 in an adapted partial translation into English.
Web links
- Okskaya Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Okskaya Nunatak on geographic.org (English)