Temnikov Nunatakker
| Temnikov Nunatakker | ||
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| part of | Dyer Plateaus | |
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 34 ′ S , 64 ° 7 ′ W | |
The Temnikov nunatakkers are a dispersed group of lower nunatakkers in Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . On the eastern edge of the Dyer plateau they are spread 8 km west of the Kelley massif over a length of 10 km.
The United States Geological Survey , they mapped in 1974. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names renamed it in 1976 after the biologist Nicolas Kostin temnikov from the University of California, Davis , who as part of the United States Antarctic Research Program in 1974 at the Palmer Station operates was.
Web links
- Temnikow Nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Temnikow Nunataks on geographic.org (English)