Richardson Nunatak
| Richardson Nunatak | ||
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| height | 1500 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 22 ′ 46 ″ S , 64 ° 51 ′ 15 ″ W | |
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The Richardson Nunatak is a 1500 m high nunatak in Grahamland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises in the southern part of the Hugi Glacier .
Aerial photos by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. from the years between 1955 and 1957 were used by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey for mapping. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1959 after Edward Cleland Richardson (1871-1954), the "father of British skiing" and a founding member of the Ski Club of Great Britain .
Web links
- Richardson Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Richardson Nunatak on geographic.org (English)