Widich-Nunatak
| Widich-Nunatak | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Horlick Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ S , 121 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Widich Nunatak is a Nunatak in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . It rises 5.5 km east of the Spencer Nunatak between the Wisconsin Range and the Long Hills in the Horlick Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and with the help of aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1959 to 1960. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1962 after George Widich, engineer at Byrd Station in the Antarctic winter of that year 1960.
Web links
- Widich Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Widich Nunatak on geographic.org (English)