Taylor Nunatakker
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| location | Joinville Island ( Joinville Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 15 ′ S , 55 ° 34 ′ W | |
The Taylor Nunatakker are two 650 and 660 m high nunatakkers on Joinville Island off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . They tower southeast of Mount Quilmes in the southeastern part of the island and are connected by a narrow mountain ridge .
Scientists from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) took surveys in 1953. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1958 after the veterinarian Robert Julian Faussitt Taylor (* 1929), who had looked after the FIDS sled dogs at the Hope Bay station in 1954 and 1955 and was involved in exploring the Joinville area from 1953 to 1954. Island was involved through the FIDS.
Web links
- Taylor Nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Taylor Nunataks on geographic.org (English)