Name details

Wallis Nunataks

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1852

Feature type: Nunatak

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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Narrative

Four nunataks, with steep rock faces on the southern and eastern sides and with ice banked up behind them on the northern and western sides, about 9 km east of Mount Storegutt, Kemp Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. First visited by an ANARE party led by D.S. Trail on 22 February, 1965. Named after G.R. Wallis, geologist with the ANARE Expedition (Nella Dan), 1965, led by Phillip Law.

Named For

G.R. Wallis, geologist, 1965

Location

Latitude:
66° 52' 00.1" S
-66.86670°
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Longitude:
55° 40' 00.1" E
55.66670°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
29-Jul-1965

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