Samuel Nunatakker
| Samuel Nunatakker | ||
|---|---|---|
| Highest peak | Higgins Nunatak | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Heritage Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
|
||
| Coordinates | 79 ° 38 ′ S , 82 ° 30 ′ W | |
The Samuel Nunatakker are a chain of about seven Nunatakkers in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the Heritage Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, they rise up at the southeast end of the Nimbus Hills .
The United States Geological Survey mapped them based on their own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1961 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1966 after Samuel L. Wilson, who in 1957 worked as a meteorological electrical engineer at the Little America V research station had worked.
Web links
- Samuel Nuantaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Samuel Nunataks on geographic.org (English)