Hopkins Nunataks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Hopkins Nunataks (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Nunatak (2b)
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:
A group of three nunataks rising to 2180 meters at the head of Cambridge Glacier, between the Coombs Hills and Convoy Range in Victoria Land. The nunataks extend west-east 1.5 miles and rise about 50 meters above Cambridge Glacier. Named by US-ACAN (2007) after Steve Hopkins who worked several seasons at McMurdo Station, first as a cargo handler loading and unloading C-141 and C-130 aircraft later attaining the lead supervisory cargo position. He was injured during the 2001-02 season in a helicopter crash at Lake Fryzell while working as Lead Helo-tech for helicopter operations.
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