Tester nunatak
| Tester nunatak | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Manning Nunatakker | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ S , 71 ° 29 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The tester nunatak is a nunatak on the coast of the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . It is the southernmost three nunatakker in the northern part of the Manning Nunatakker . The other two include the Kenneth Ridge in the far north, which joins the Mitchell Nunatak to the south .
Aerial photographs of this and the neighboring Nunatakker were taken during the US operation Highjump (1946–1947) and in 1957 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE). Participants of a Soviet Antarctic expedition visited them in 1965. The same applies to an ANARE team in 1969 whose actual target area was the Prince Charles Mountains . The Nunatak described here is named after aircraft engineer J. Tester, a member of this team.
Web links
- Tester Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tester-Nunatak on geographic.org (English)