Tollefson Nunatak
| Tollefson Nunatak | ||
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| height | 1700 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Yee-Nunatakker | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 24 '58 " S , 72 ° 24' 58" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Tollefson Nunatak is a 1700 m high nunatak in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . Rising 8 km west of the Olander Nunatak , it is one of a series of scattered and isolated nunatakkers 60 km north of the Merrick Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1961 to 1967. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after Truman W. Tollefson (1940-2004), who worked in 1963 as a construction electrician Eights station was operating.
Web links
- Tollefson Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tollefson Nunatak on geographic.org (English)