Robertson Nunatak
Robertson Nunatak | ||
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location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
Mountains | Prince Charles Mountains | |
Coordinates | 71 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ S , 69 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Robertson nunatak is a small nunatak in Mac Robertson Land, East Antarctica . It rises 30 km northeast of the Clemence massif on the eastern flank of the Lambert Glacier .
Aerial photographs were taken in 1950 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE). ANARE teams that surveyed the Prince Charles Mountains in 1969 and 1971 mapped him. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it after the geophysicist Malcolm J. M. Robertson, who worked at Mawson Station in 1970 and participated in the surveys in 1971.
Web links
- Robertson Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Robertson Nunatak on geographic.org (English)