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Filson Nunatak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Filson Nunatak (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Nunatak
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:
A small nunatak about 7 km ESE of Dallice Peak in the Central Masson Range. Photographed in 1958 by ANARE aircraft but not plotted on a map. Sighted by an ANARE party led by J. Williams in December, 1962, whilst collecting geological specimens and lichens in the Framnes Mountains. Named after Rex Filson, carpenter at Mawson in 1962, a member of the party.
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