Name details

Sanders Nunatak

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 131182

Feature type: Nunatak

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

A prominent nunatak (850 m) rising above the ice of upper Commonwealth Glacier to the S of Noxon Cliff, in Asgard Range, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1997) after Ryan Sanders of NOAA, a member of the National Ozone Expedition to the McMurdo Station area in 1986 and 1987, returning as principal investigator in 1991, 1992, 1994 and 1996.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
77° 34' 00.0" S
-77.56667°
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Longitude:
163° 02' 00.0" E
163.03333°
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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 Identifier:
Source Scale:
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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-1997

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