Sanders-Nunatak
| Sanders-Nunatak | ||
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| height | 850 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Asgard Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Sanders Nunatak is a 850 m high and striking nunatak in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Asgard Range, it rises south of the Noxon Cliff from the ice masses of the upper section of the Commonwealth Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1997 after Ryan Sanders of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , a member of the National Ozone Expedition research program at McMurdo Station in 1986 and 1987, and senior scientist in 1991, 1992, 1994 and 1996 .
Web links
- Sanders Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sanders Nunatak on geographic.org (English)