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Erina Nunatak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Erina Nunatak (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Nunatak (2b)
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
A nunatak rising to 1791m in the Lonewolf Nunataks, west of the Churchill Mountains. Named after a dog from the 3 dog-teams operating from Scott Base, which supported the "Geological and Survey Operations of New Zealand's Ross Dependency, 1959/60". The dog-teams worked from Scott Base to Cape Selborne (the surveyors continued south from there into the Churchill Mountains). Grouped amongst 5 dog names, located in the Lonewolf Nunataks.
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