Wignall Nunatakker
| Wignall Nunatakker | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Prince Charles Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 10 ′ S , 64 ° 23 ′ E | |
The Wignall nunatakkers are two snow-covered nunatakkers in Mac Robertson Land, East Antarctica . In the Athos Range of the Prince Charles Mountains they tower 3 km northwest of Mount Starlight .
Aerial photographs of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from 1955 to 1965 were used for their mapping. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named them after R. Michael Wignall, a weather observer at Davis Station in 1964.
Web links
- Wignall nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wignall Nunataks on geographic.org (English)