Ugly Sisters Nunataks
| Ugly Sisters Nunataks | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 81 ° 39 ′ S , 159 ° 40 ′ E | |
The Ugly Sisters Nunataks ( English for Ugly Sisters Nunatakker ) are two nunatakkers in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . They rise south of the Cinderella Nunatak and around 75 km southwest of Mount Albert Markham .
Scientists in a campaign of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition carried out from 1960 to 1961 named it after Cinderella's stepsisters from the Grimm fairy tale.
Web links
- Ugly Sisters Nunatak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)