Name details

Russell Nunatak

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 131062

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

Solitary rounded nunatak 10 mi E of the Masson Range and 7 mi SE of Mount Henderson. Discovered in December 1954 by an ANARE party led by R. Dovers and named by ANCA for John Russell, engineer at Mawson Station, 1954.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 47' 00.0" S
-67.78333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
63° 19' 00.0" E
63.31667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1955
Catalogue id
4992D4
Caption
Russell Nunatake 50 miles south of Mawson
Photographer
Stinear, Bruce

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:
1-Jan-1961

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