Salient Nunatak
| Salient Nunatak | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Horlick Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ S , 113 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The salient nunatak (from English salient , 'striking, striking, prominent' ) is a distinctive and pointed nunatak in the west Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . It rises 5 km northeast of Mount Glossopteris on the north side of the Ohio Range in the Horlick Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and using aerial photographs by the United States Navy from 1958 to 1969. The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee as part of fieldwork for the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program between 1983 and 1984.
Web links
- Salient Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Salient Nunatak on geographic.org (English)