Name details

Sverdrup Nunataks

Sverdrup Nunataks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Sverdrup Nunataks  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 132392

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

A line of peaks trending WNW-ESE and rising to 1,800 m in the NW part of Carey Range, near the edge of the interior plateau in SE Palmer Land. Mapped by USGS from aerial photographs taken by the U.S. Navy, 1966-69. In association with the names of Antarctic oceanographers grouped in this area, named by the UK-APC in 1977 after Harald U. Sverdrup (1888-1957), Norwegian oceanographer and meteorologist; Director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1936-48; Director, Norsk Polarinstitutt, 1948-57, and Chairman of the International Committee for the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1949-52.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
72° 45' 00.0" S
-72.75000°
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Longitude:
63° 15' 00.0" W
-63.25000°
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Altitude:
1800 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

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