Olander Nunatak
| Olander Nunatak | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Yee-Nunatakker | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 24 '32 " S , 72 ° 7' 35" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Olander Nunatak is a Nunatak in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises 8 km east of the Tollefson Nunatak and is one of a series of scattered and isolated Nunatakker 45 km north-northwest of the Sky Hi Nunatakker .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1961 to 1967. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after Raymond Edward Olander (1935-2002), who in 1963 worked as an electrical engineer on the Ellsworth Station was active.
Web links
- Olander Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Olander Nunatak on geographic.org (English)