Name details

Blackend Nunatak

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140062

Feature type: Massif

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 feature rising to over 2400m at Banna Peak on its south, at the top of the southern arm of the Darwin Glacier. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MN03

Named For

Discovered by the Darwin Glacier party of the TAE in December, 1957. Named by the Darwin Glacier party because of the sheer black cliffs of the nunatak, especially on the southern side.

Location

Latitude:
79° 53' 08.0" S
-79.88556°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
155° 01' 18.5" E
155.02180°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
2082 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MN03 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
19-Dec-2019

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