Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Westhaven Nunatak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Westhaven 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 nunatak, 2,420 m high, rising 450 m above the polar plateau, west of the Darwin Glacier. It is the westernmost point of the mountains in that area. The Darwin Glacier party of the TAE (1956-58) set up a survey station on the highest point in December, 1957. The name was suggested by Squadron-Leader J.R. Claydon, RNZAF, who first saw this feature from the air.
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