Spectator Nunatak
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 Topographic map of the Pomerantz Tableland with the Spectator Nunatak (left half of the picture) |
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| height | 2115 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Usarp Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 29 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Spectator Nunatak ( English for spectator nunatak ) is a 2,115 m high, isolated and mainly icy nunatak made of hornblende in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Usarp Mountains it rises 6 km west of the Pomerantz tableland .
The Nunatak was used by scientists from 1963 to 1964 as a surveying station for the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition . They named him after his appearance.
Web links
- Spectator Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Spectator Nunatak on geographic.org (English)