Rautio-Nunatak
| Rautio-Nunatak | ||
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| height | 1020 m | |
| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Dufek Massif , Pensacola Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 82 ° 36 ′ 58 ″ S , 53 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Rautio Nunatak is an approximately 1020 m high nunatak in Queen Elizabeth Land in West Antarctica . In the Pensacola Mountains it rises near the western end of the Dufek massif between Neuburg Peak and Hannah Peak .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after Henry Rautio, aerial photographer for the United States Navy , who took aerial photographs on January 22, 1964 aboard an LC-47 during a reconnaissance flight over the Pensacola Mountains.
Web links
- Rautio Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rautio Nunatak on geographic.org (English)