Walker Nunatak

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Walker Nunatak
location Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica
Mountains Framnes Mountains
Coordinates 67 ° 55 ′ 0 ″  S , 63 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 67 ° 55 ′ 0 ″  S , 63 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  E
Walker Nunatak (Antarctica)
Walker Nunatak
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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.

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