Walker Nunatak
| Walker Nunatak | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Framnes Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ S , 63 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Walker nunatak is a small nunatak in Mac Robertson Land, East Antarctica . It rises 16 km east of the Branson Nunatak on the eastern edge of the Framnes Mountains .
As part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions , the Nunatak was mapped using aerial photographs from 1962 and visited by an exploration team in January 1963 by dog sledding. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named him after Kevin George Walker (* 1927), assistant cook at Mawson Station in 1962 and member of the dog sled team.
Web links
- Walker Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Walker Nunatak on geographic.org (English)