Taurus nunatakker
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 51 ′ S , 66 ° 21 ′ W | |
The Taurus Nunatakker are an east-west aligned series of three Nunatakkern in Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . They rise 37 km east-northeast of Gurney Point . Only the two outer Nunatakker appear recognizable in the surrounding ice masses.
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1976 after the English or Latin name for the constellation Taurus .
Web links
- Taurus Nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Taurus Nunataks on geographic.org (English)