Name details

Bull Nunatak

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108011

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

one of the Seal Nunataks (q.v.), Nordenskjöld Coast, rising to c. 175m above Larsen Ice Shelf, was mapped by SwAE in 1902 and named Nunatak Bull (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904c, map p. 232-33; Chile. IHA, 1974, p. 58), Bulls Nunatak (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904b, Vol. 2, first end map), Elevaciones Bull (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904-05, Tomo 1, end map) or Bull Nunatak (Nordenskjöld and others, 1905, map facing p. 316; BA chart 3205, 31.x.1921; APC, 1955, p. 6), after Henrik Johan Bull, Leader with Kapt. L. Kristensen of Svend Foyn's Norwegian expedition, 1893-95, to sub-Antarctic islands and Victoria Land, Ross Dependency. Isla Bull (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map). Roca Bull (Chile. DNH chart LI, 1947). The nunatak was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in 1947.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
65° 05' 00.0" S
-65.08333°
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Longitude:
60° 24' 00.0" W
-60.40000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
22-Jan-1951

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