Robbins Nunatak
| Robbins Nunatak | ||
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| height | 1015 m | |
| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Neptune Range , Pensacola Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 83 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ S , 57 ° 4 ′ 59 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Robbins Nunatak is a 1015 m high nunatak in Queen Elizabeth Land in West Antarctica . In the Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains it rises 13 km northeast of Mount Gorecki in the Schmidt Hills .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1956 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after Edward J. Robbins, aerographer at Ellsworth Station in the Antarctic winter of 1958.
Web links
- Robbins Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Robbins Nunatak on geographic.org (English)