Savin-Nunatak
| Savin-Nunatak | ||
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| height | 1550 m | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 51 '42 " S , 68 ° 0' 57" W | |
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The Savin Nunatak is an approximately 1550 m high and isolated Nunatak in the southern center of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 50 km southwest of Mount Vang .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using the United States Navy's own surveys and aerial photographs from 1961 to 1967. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after Samuel M. Savin, a glaciologist on Byrd Station between 1965 and 1966.
Web links
- Savin Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Savin Nunatak on geographic.org (English)