Chernushka Nunatak
| Chernushka Nunatak | ||
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| height | 1640 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Western Petermann chain in the Wohlthatmassiv | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ S , 12 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Tschernushka Nunatak ( Russian Гора Чернушка , in Norway Chernushkaknatten ) is a 1640 m high nunatak in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises 3 km southwest of the Sandset on the west side of the western Petermann chain of the Wohlthat massif .
It was discovered and mapped using aerial photographs during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . Further mapping was carried out on the basis of aerial photographs and measurements of the Third Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960) and again during a Soviet expedition that lasted from 1960 to 1961. Participants in the latter research trip named him after the dog Tschernuska , one of the passengers on the Sputnik 9 space mission on March 9, 1961.
Web links
- Chernushka Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Chernushka Nunatak on geographic.org (English)