Shield Nunatak
| Shield Nunatak | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ S , 164 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Shield Nunatak (English for Schild-Nunatak ) is a distinctive nunatak in the form of a group of several volcanic cones on the Scott coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . On the north shore of Terra Nova Bay, it rises on the eastern flank of the mouth of the Campbell Glacier .
Scientists of 1965 to 1966 carried out the campaign as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition him named so because he a sign of the Vikings recalled.
Web links
- Shield Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Shield Nunatak on geographic.org (English)