Striated Nunatak

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Striated Nunatak
height 1270  m
location Enderbyland , East Antarctica
Coordinates 67 ° 21 ′ 0 ″  S , 56 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 67 ° 21 ′ 0 ″  S , 56 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  E
Striated Nunatak (Antarctica)
Striated Nunatak

The Striated Nunatak (English for Banded Nunatak ) is a low and rounded nunatak made of banded gneiss rock in the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It rises 10 km east-northeast of Rayner Peak on the eastern flank of the Robert Glacier .

Aerial photographs and measurements by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions were used to map it. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia gave it its descriptive name in 1965.

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