Skinner nunatak
| Skinner nunatak | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Charles Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 56 '55 " S , 61 ° 2' 14" O | |
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The Skinner-Nunatak ( Russian Гора Заметная Gora Sametnaja , German , “Noticeable Mountain” ) is a nunatak with a crenellated ice peak in the East Antarctic Mac-Robertson Land . He looms as one of the Goodspeed nunatakkers in the southern part of the Prince Charles Mountains .
A team from the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions discovered it in 1957 during seismic measurements in the area. Aerial photographs were taken in 1958 and 1960. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it in 1973 after Mick J. Skinner, a technician on a team to explore the Prince Charles Mountains in 1972.
Web links
- Skinner Nunatak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)