Papanin Nunatakker
| Papanin Nunatakker | ||
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| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Nye Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 68 ° 13 ′ S , 50 ° 15 ′ E | |
The Papanin Nunatakkers ( Russian Го́ры Папанина Gory Papanina ) are a small group of Nunatakkers in the East Antarctic Enderbyland . They are 17.5 km east of Alderdice Peak in the Nye Mountains .
They were mapped and named during the 7th Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1961–1963). It is named after the Soviet polar explorer Ivan Dmitrijewitsch Papanin (1894–1986).
Web links
- Papanin Nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Papanin Nunataks on geographic.org (English)