Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Astraea Nunatak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Astraea Nunatak (The name as it would appear on a map)
If this information is incorrect, please e-mail mapping@aad.gov.au
Feature type: Nunatak
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
rising to c. 620m, E of Williams Inlet, Alexander Island, following surveys by BAS, 1962-73, was named after Astraea, one of the asteroids lying between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, in association with the names of planets and their satellites in this area (APC, 1975, p.3; BAS 250 P sheet SR 19-20/13, 2-DOS 1984).
No images of this place could be found.
Biodiversity
View
fauna,
flora or
both
within 1.0 degree of this location
Place names
View
British or
international
place names within 1.0 degree of this location.