Name details

Foster Nunatak

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 125311

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.

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Narrative

A horseshoe shaped rock outcrop in the S part of the Manning Nunataks, on the E side of the Amery Ice Shelf. The Manning Nunataks were photographed by USN Operation HighJump (1946-47) and ANARE (1957). They were visited by the SovAE in 1965 and ANARE in 1969. Named by ANCA for A.L. Foster, electronics engineer at Mawson Station in 1970, a member of an ANARE glaciological traverse party on the Amery Ice Shelf in January 1970.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
71° 06' 00.0" S
-71.10000°
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Longitude:
71° 40' 00.0" E
71.66667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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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:
1-Jan-1973

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