Olson-Nunatak
| Olson-Nunatak | ||
|---|---|---|
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ E | |
|
||
The Olson Nunatak is a rocky and unreacted nunatak on the Scott coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises 6 km north of Mount Gerlache on the south side of the mouth of the Reeves Glacier in the Ross Sea .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1955 to 1963. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after the geophysicist James J. Olson, who from 1961 to 1962 as part of the United States States Antarctic Research Program participated in investigations of the Ross Ice Shelf .
Web links
- Olson Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Olson Nunatak on geographic.org (English)