Truman Nunatak
| Truman Nunatak | ||
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| location | Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Grove Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ S , 75 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Truman Nunatak is a small and snow-capped nunatak in Princess Elisabeth Land in East Antarctica . In the Grove Mountains, it rises 12 km north of Mount Harding .
The Nunatak was mapped using aerial photos taken between 1956 and 1960 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named it after M. J. Truman, an electrical engineer at Mawson Station in 1962.
Web links
- Truman Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Truman Nunatak on geographic.org (English)