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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Terminus Nunatak (GBR) 69° 52' 00.0" S 68° 20' 00.0" W Nunatak
Name ID: 111536 Place ID: 14543

rising to 670m between Eureka Glaciar and Warren Ice Piedmont, W of Traverse Mountains, George VI Sound, was photographed from the air by Ellsworth, 23 November 1935, and mapped from air photographs by Joerg (1937, map facing p.444); further photographed from the air and surveyed from the ground by BGLE in 1936 (Stephenson, 1940, map facing p.232); resurveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1948 and so named because the nunatak marks the end of the sledge route from Wordie Ice Shelf via Eureka Glacier to George VI Sound (APC, 1955, p.20; USHO chart 6639, 1955; DOS 610 sheet W 69 68, 1957). Nunatak Termines (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).

Terminus Nunatak (USA) 69° 52' 00.0" S 68° 20' 00.0" W Nunatak
Name ID: 132568 Place ID: 14543

Conspicuous nunatak, 670 m, standing between Frireka and Riley Glaciers and 0.5 mi inland from George VI Sound, on the W coast of Palmer Land. This nunatak was first photographed from the air on Nov. 23, 1935 by Lincoln Ellsworth, and was mapped from these photographs by W.L.G. Joerg. First surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948 by the FIDS, and so named by them because the nunatak marks the end of the sledge route from the Wordie Ice Shelf, down Eureka Glacier, to George VI Sound.

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