Takahe nunatak
| Takahe nunatak | ||
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| height | 1200 m | |
| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Mountains | Kea Nunatakker | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ S , 166 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Type | Nunatak | |
The Takahe nunatak is a 1100 m high nunatak on the Antarctic Ross Island . It is the more northerly of two nunatakkers 500 m apart in the group of the Kea-Nunatakker and rises 5.5 km north-northeast of the summit of Mount Bird and immediately southwest of the Kakapo-Nunatak .
The New Zealand Geographic Board named the Nunatak in 2000 after the Takahe , the New Zealand purple chicken.
Web links
- Takahe Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Takahe Nunatak on geographic.org (English)