Whistler Nunatak
| Whistler Nunatak | ||
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| height | 1500 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sky-Hi-Nunatakker | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ S , 71 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Whistler Nunatak is a 1500 m high nunatak in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises west of Mount Mende in the Sky-Hi-Nunatakkern .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1987 after the so-called Whistler effect , which is generated by the change in amplitude of radio signals in the high atmosphere .
Web links
- Whistler Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Whistler Nunatak on geographic.org (English)