Terminus nunatak
| Terminus nunatak | ||
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| height | 670 m | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 52 '26 " S , 68 ° 19' 26" W | |
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The terminus nunatak is a 670 m high and distinctive nunatak on the Rymill coast of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises between the Eureka Glacier and the Riley Glacier around 800 m inland from George VI Sound .
The American polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth photographed him for the first time during an overflight on November 23, 1935. The aerial photographs served as the basis for mapping by Ellsworth's compatriot, the geographer WLG Joerg . The survey was carried out in 1936 by participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer John Rymill . In 1948, the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey repeated this survey. The Nunatak owes its name to the fact that it represents the end point ( English terminus ) of the dog sled route from the Wordie Ice Shelf over the Eureka Glacier to George VI Sound.
Web links
- Terminus Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Terminus Nunatak on geographic.org (English)