Quilty nunatakker
| Quilty nunatakker | ||
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| Highest peak | Mount Horne ( 1165 m ) | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 75 ° 45 ′ S , 71 ° 42 ′ W | |
The Quilty Nunatakker are a 13 km long group of Nunatakkers not far from the Orville coast in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . They tower 15 miles southwest of the Thomas Mountains .
They were discovered during the US Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–1948). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them after Patrick G. Quilty (1939-2018), Australian geologist on a team from the University of Wisconsin to survey the area between 1965 and 1966.
Web links
- Quilty nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Quilty Nunataks on geographic.org (English)