Scheimpflug Nunatak
| Scheimpflug Nunatak | ||
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| height | 400 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 48 '30 " S , 62 ° 35' 43" W | |
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The Scheimpflug nunatak is an approximately 400 m high nunatak on the Danco coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . On the Arctowski Peninsula, it rises at the mouth of the Deville Glacier in Andvord Bay .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped it using aerial photographs from Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. from 1956 to 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the Austrian geodesist Theodor Scheimpflug (1865-1911), a pioneer of aerial photography .
Web links
- Scheimpflug Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Scheimpflug Nunatak on geographic.org (English)