Omega Nunatak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Omega Nunatak (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Nunatak
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:
rising to c. 1300m SSW of Whichaway Nunataks, Coats Land, was surveyed by TAE in 1957 and so named because it is the S-most rock outcrop in the area and was the last rock seen on the trans-polar route, until Victoria Land, Ross Dependency, was reached (APC, 1962, p.24; DOS 610 sheet W 81 28/30, 1963). The TAE advanced base "South Ice" (now buried through snow accumulation) was established in 81°57'S 28°52'W, 6km SE of the nunatak at an elevation of 1350m, 4 February 1957, and occupied until 6 January 1958 (Fuchs and Hillary, 1958f, p.101; Blaiklock and others, 1966, p.11, 14). "Saut-Ays" (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Nunatak Omega (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24). "South Ice" (Fuchs, [1981], p.7).
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