Wilson Nunatakker
| Wilson Nunatakker | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Heritage Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 1 ′ S , 80 ° 38 ′ W | |
The Wilson Nunatakker are an irregular chain of Nunatakkern in the southeasternmost extent in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . They rise up in the Heritage Range , the southern half of the Ellsworth Mountains .
The Nunatakker - rocks protruding from the surrounding ice - stretch for a length of about 8 miles (the equivalent of 12.9 kilometers) in a west-east direction between the Douglas Peaks in the west and the ice-filled bay Hercules Inlet in the east. The easternmost nunatak of the chain is the Fusco nunatak ( erroneously listed as the westernmost nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System , the database of the United States Geological Survey ).
The Wilson Nunatakker got their name from a research expedition from the University of Minnesota , which visited this area in the summer of 1964-65. They named it after Chief Warrant Officer Kenneth Wilson, a 62nd Transportation Detachment pilot who had supported the expedition.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Wilson Nunataks ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 16, 2010.
- ↑ Fusco Nunatak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 16, 2010.