Name details

Detour Nunatak

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113143

Feature type: Nunatak (2b)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A nunatak approximately 7.4km long east to west and 1.5-3km wide, in the Mackay Glacier near its south side, and opposite Mount Gran approximately 14km due north. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MD07

Named For

The Northern Survey Party of the New Zealand Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58, established a survey station on its summit on 22 November 1957. They named it because it was necessary to make a detour on the way up the Mackay Glacier to pass south of the nunatak.

Location

Latitude:
77° 08' 00.0" S
-77.13333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
160° 55' 00.0" E
160.91667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
1419 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MD07 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
24-Jul-1959

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