Name details

Madigan Nunatak

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 128330

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

An isolated nunatak that rises above the continental ice 18 mi S of Cape Gray. Discovered by the AAE (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Cecil T. Madigan, meteorologist with the expedition.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 09' 00.0" S
-67.15000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
143° 21' 00.0" E
143.35000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©Charles Laseron 1912
Catalogue id
IA16559
Caption
Madigan Nunatak viewed from the south west.
Photographer
Laseron, Charles F

Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
Unknown

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