Wordie Nunatak
| Wordie Nunatak | ||
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| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 16 ′ 0 ″ S , 51 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Wordie nunatak is a nunatak on the coast of the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It rises 6 km southeast of Mount Biscoe and just as far east-northeast of Mount Hurley .
Participants of the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (1929-1931) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson discovered him in January 1930. Mawson named him after the British polar explorer and geologist James Wordie (1889-1962).
Web links
- Wordie Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wordie Nunatak on geographic.org (English)