Shelton Nunatakker
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 75 ° 43 ′ S , 70 ° 35 ′ W | |
The Shelton nunatakker are two isolated nunatakkers on the Orville coast of West Antarctica Ellsworthland . They rise 16 km southeast of the Thomas Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped them using the United States Navy's own surveys and aerial photographs from 1961 to 1967. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1968 after Willard Smith Shelton (1930–2007), an electrician on the Eights- Station in 1964.
Web links
- Shelton nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Shelton Nunataks on geographic.org (English)