Wallabies Nunatakker
Wallabies Nunatakker | ||
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location | Australian Antarctic Territory , East Antarctica | |
part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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Coordinates | 81 ° 12 ′ S , 156 ° 20 ′ E | |
Map sheet Wilhoite Nunataks from 1968, Wallabies-Nunatakker in the northeast of the map |
The Wallabies Nunatakker are a large group of Nunatakkers in the Transantarctic Mountains near the Polar Plateau . They are located around 16 km northeast of the All-Blacks-Nunatakker on the east side of the Byrd-Firnfeld .
Participants of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1960–1961) named them after the Wallabies , Australia's national rugby team.
Web links
- Wallabies nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wallabies Nunataks on geographic.org (English)