Young Nunatakker
| Young Nunatakker | ||
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| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Napier Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 44 ′ S , 54 ° 8 ′ E | |
The Young Nunatakkers are a group of Nunatakkers in the East Antarctic Enderbyland . They tower 3 km south of Mount Elkins in the Napier Mountains .
Norwegian cartographers mapped it using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936/37 . Australian cartographers refined this mapping using aerial photographs taken in 1956 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named them after William Francis Young (* 1930), an electrician at Mawson Station in 1961.
Web links
- Young Nunataks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Young Nunataks on geographic.org (English)