Name details

Castor Nunatak

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 123366

Feature type: Nunatak (2b)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Nunatak 3 mi SW of Oceana Nunatak in the Seal Nunataks group, off the E coast of Antarctic Peninsula. First seen and mapped as an island in December 1893 by a Norwegian Sealing expedition under C.A. Larsen, who named it after the coast of Antarctic Peninsula under Capt. Morten Pedersen in 1893-94. The feature was determined to be a nunatak in 1902 by the SwedAE under Nordenskjold.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
65° 10' 00.0" S
-65.16667°
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Longitude:
59° 55' 00.0" W
-59.91667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1952

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