Symes Nunatak
| Symes Nunatak | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 164 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Symes nunatak is a nunatak in the north of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises 18 km southeast of Mount Staley in the middle of the Evans firn field .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1983 after J. Symes, geological assistant to a field research team who worked in the area between 1974 and 1975 as part of the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program .
Web links
- Symes Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Symes Nunatak on geographic.org (English)