Watson Nunatak
| Watson Nunatak | ||
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| height | 1170 m | |
| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Framnes Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ S , 62 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Watson Nunatak is a 1170 m high nunatak in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . It rises in the Framnes Mountains between the Price Nunatak and the Van Hulssen Nunatak .
Norwegian cartographers mapped it using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936/37 . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named him after Keith Douglas Watson (1935-1995), diesel engine mechanic at Mawson Station , who assisted a team to explore the Framnes Mountains as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1965 .
Web links
- Watson Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Watson Nunatak on geographic.org (English)