Name details

Drury Nunatak

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1894

Feature type: Nunatak

Origin

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

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A bare, black, isolated nunatak, standing up boldly from the continental ice on the south-east side of Lauritzen Bay in Oates Land. This is a very distinctive feature, about 13 km SSW of Magga Peak. Discovered on 20 February, 1959, by the ANARE Expedition, on the Magga Dan led by Phillip Law. Named after Alan Campbell-Drury, Photographic officer of the Antarctic Division, Melbourne, who accompanied the expedition.

Named For

Alan Campbell-Drury, Photographic officer of the Antarctic Division

Location

Latitude:
69° 13' 59.9" S
-69.23330°
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Longitude:
156° 58' 00.1" E
156.96670°
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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:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
22-Jul-1959

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