Snow Nunatakker
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 73 ° 31 ′ S , 77 ° 31 ′ W | |
The Snow Nunatakker are a group of four linearly arranged nunatakkers on the English coast in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . They lie across from Case Island and extend east-west over a length of around 30 km. From west to east, they include Espenschied-Nunatak , Mount McCann , Mount Thornton and Mount Benkert .
They were discovered during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941). It is named after Ashley Clinton Snow Jr. (1906–1975), a pilot on this expedition.
Web links
- Snow nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Snow Nunataks on geographic.org (English)