Pickering Nunatak
| Pickering Nunatak | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ S , 70 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Pickering nunatak is a distinctive nunatak in the East Antarctic Mac-Robertson Land . It rises 30 km south-southwest of the Manning Nunatakker on the eastern flank of the mouth of the Lambert Glacier in the Amery Ice Shelf .
It was discovered during an overflight on November 2, 1957 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named him after Richard Ronald Pickering (1929-1997) of the Royal Australian Air Force , who was involved in coordinating Antarctic flights from Mawson Station in 1957 .
Web links
- Pickering Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pickering Nunatak on geographic.org (English)