Whichaway Nunataks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Whichaway Nunataks (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:
on S side of Recovery Glacier, Coats Land, rising to c.1400m at Hopalong Nunatak and including also Quest Nunatak, were seen from the air by TAE, 20 January 1957, and surveyed from the ground in March 1957; so named because the members of the survey party were uncertain which route from the nunataks would lead them furthest inland (Fuchs and Hillary, 1958e, p.104, 112 and map p.100; APC, 1959a, p.12; DOS 610 sheet W 8128/30, 1963). Vychevey Noontak, Noontak Vychevy, Whichaway, Whichaway-Nunatakene, Whichaway Nunatakerne, Whichaways (Fuchs and Hillary, 1958a, map p.94; 1958b, p.106, 115; 1958c, p.215; 1958e, p.104). Cordón Entre Rios, possibly referring to this feature after the Argentine province (Argentina. IAA map, [1959d]; MD, 1978, letter E). Uitchiawaei Nunataku, Cuetos Whichaway, Whichaway-gruppen, Whichawaynunatakerna, Nunataks Whichaway, Whichaways Nunataki, Nunataks Wichaway [sic], Nunatak Kam [=whither nunatak], Spletité Nunataky [=confused nunataks] (Fuchs and Hillary, 1959c, Vol. 1, map p.156; 1959e, map p.116; 1959a, p.106, 115; 1959b, p.206; 1959f, map p.57; 1959g, p.177; 1960a, p.90; 1960b, map p.105). Nunataki Uichavey (Soviet Union. MMF chart 1961). Whichaway Nunatakok (Fuchs and Hillary, 1962, map p.173).
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