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)
Hedin Nunatak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Hedin Nunatak (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Nunatak (2b)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
A conspicuous nunatak with a flat top capped with ice and steep bare rock walls, standing 9 mi WNW of the summit of Mount Murphy, om Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. First roughly mapped from air photos taken in January 1947 by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump. Named by US-ACAN after Alan E. Hedin, aurora researcher at Byrd Station in 1962.
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