Webb Nunatakker
| Webb Nunatakker | ||
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| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Neptune Range , Pensacola Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 83 ° 24 ′ S , 56 ° 42 ′ W | |
The Webb nunatakkers are a group of nunatakkers in Queen Elizabeth Land, West Antarctica . In the Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains, they tower 3 km west of Madey Ridge .
The United States Geological Survey mapped them using their own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1956 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1968 after Dalton Dillard Webb Jr. (1929-1978), electrical engineer and member of the United States States Air Force Electronics Test Unit in the Pensacola Mountains from 1957 to 1958.
Web links
- Webb nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Webb Nunataks on geographic.org (English)