Wu-Nunatak
| Wu-Nunatak | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Outback Nunatakker , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 29 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Wu nunatak is a nunatak in East Antarctica, Victoria Land . It rises 13 km north-northwest of Mount Weihaupt in the group of the Outback Nunatakker .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1959 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1970 after Tien Hsing Wu (* 1923), glaciologist at McMurdo Station between 1966 and 1967.
Web links
- Wu Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wu Nunatak on geographic.org (English)