Redcliff Nunatak

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Redcliff Nunatak
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height 630  m
location Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Mountains Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates 77 ° 2 ′ 0 ″  S , 162 ° 3 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 77 ° 2 ′ 0 ″  S , 162 ° 3 ′ 0 ″  E
Redcliff Nunatak (Antarctica)
Redcliff Nunatak
Normal way Alpine tour (glaciated)
Map sheet Ross Island from 1962 (reprinted 1970), Redcliff-Nunatak in the northwest corner

Map sheet Ross Island from 1962 (reprinted 1970), Redcliff-Nunatak in the northwest corner

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The Redcliff Nunatak is a 630  m high nunatak made of red granite in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises 6.5 km east of Mount Suess on the southern flank of the Mackay Glacier .

Participants in the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott mapped it and named it after its reddish color.

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