Name details

Westhaven Nunatak

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139964

Feature type: Nunatak

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A prominent nunatak rising to over 2300m, immediately southwest of Turnstile Ridge in the northwest part of Britannia Range. It is the westernmost rock outcrop in this part of the range.

Named For

The name was suggested by Squadron-Leader John Richard Claydon, Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), who first saw the feature from the air. With 40 days worth of rations for men and dogs deposited on the feature earlier, The Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) reached it on 10 December 1957, and set up a survey station on its summit the following day.

Location

Latitude:
79° 51' 00.0" S
-79.85000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
154° 14' 00.0" E
154.23333°
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Altitude:
2316 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 21_35 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at highest peak

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
26-May-1960

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