Sayer Nunatak
| Sayer Nunatak | ||
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| height | 200 m | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 28 ′ 22 ″ S , 60 ° 8 ′ 5 ″ W | |
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The Sayer Nunatak is a 200 m (according to the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee 210 m ) high nunatak on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises south of Williams Point .
The first aerial photographs were taken between 1956 and 1957 during the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition . Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey explored it geologically between 1975 and 1976. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee renamed it in 1978 after Captain Sayer, skipper of the Brigg General Scott from Sag Harbor , New York , who between 1821 and 1822 for seal hunting in the waters the South Shetland Islands operated.
Web links
- Sayer Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sayer Nunatak on geographic.org (English)