Savage nunatak
| Savage nunatak | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 86 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ S , 124 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Savage nunatak is a nunatak in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica . It rises 11 km southeast of Hatcher Bluffs on the eastern edge of the upper section of the Reedy Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Henry C. Savage, a 1962 construction worker at Byrd Station .
Web links
- Savage Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Savage Nunatak on geographic.org (English)