Name details

Caninus Nunatak

Caninus Nunatak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Caninus Nunatak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108072

Feature type: Nunatak

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

rising to c. 700m, E of N end of Walton Mountains, Alexander Island, following survey by BAS from "Fossil Bluff", 1974-75, was so named from its resemblance to the shape of a dog in plan and because it marks the burial place of dogs put down during reduction of BAS dog teams at that time (APC, 1980, p.3; BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/13, 2-DOS 1984).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
71° 06' 00.0" S
-71.10000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
70° 10' 00.0" W
-70.16667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
8-Dec-1977

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