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)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Shoemake Nunatak (USA) | 75° 33' 00.0" S | 140° 05' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 131558
Place ID: 13206
A nunatak immediately west of Billey Bluff at the southwest end of the Ickes Mountains, coastal Marie Byrd Land. The nunatak was photographed from aircraft of the USAS, 1939-41, and was mapped by the USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for John L. Shoemake, aerographer, USN, weather observer at Brockton Station on the Ross Ice Shelf during two summer seasons, 1968-69 and 1969-70. |
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