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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Entre Ríos, nunataks (ARG) 81° 31' 00.0" S 28° 26' 00.0" W Nunatak
Name ID: 100804 Place ID: 15956

Whichaway Nunataks (RUS) 81° 33' 00.0" S 28° 30' 00.0" W Nunatak
Name ID: 121364 Place ID: 15956

Whichaway Nunataks (GBR) 81° 33' 00.0" S 28° 26' 00.0" W Nunatak
Name ID: 111907 Place ID: 15956

on S side of Recovery Glacier, Coats Land, rising to c.1400m at Hopalong Nunatak and including also Quest Nunatak, were seen from the air by TAE, 20 January 1957, and surveyed from the ground in March 1957; so named because the members of the survey party were uncertain which route from the nunataks would lead them furthest inland (Fuchs and Hillary, 1958e, p.104, 112 and map p.100; APC, 1959a, p.12; DOS 610 sheet W 8128/30, 1963). Vychevey Noontak, Noontak Vychevy, Whichaway, Whichaway-Nunatakene, Whichaway Nunatakerne, Whichaways (Fuchs and Hillary, 1958a, map p.94; 1958b, p.106, 115; 1958c, p.215; 1958e, p.104). Cordón Entre Rios, possibly referring to this feature after the Argentine province (Argentina. IAA map, [1959d]; MD, 1978, letter E). Uitchiawaei Nunataku, Cuetos Whichaway, Whichaway-gruppen, Whichawaynunatakerna, Nunataks Whichaway, Whichaways Nunataki, Nunataks Wichaway [sic], Nunatak Kam [=whither nunatak], Spletité Nunataky [=confused nunataks] (Fuchs and Hillary, 1959c, Vol. 1, map p.156; 1959e, map p.116; 1959a, p.106, 115; 1959b, p.206; 1959f, map p.57; 1959g, p.177; 1960a, p.90; 1960b, map p.105). Nunataki Uichavey (Soviet Union. MMF chart 1961). Whichaway Nunatakok (Fuchs and Hillary, 1962, map p.173).

Whichaway Nunataks (USA) 81° 33' 00.0" S 28° 30' 00.0" W Nunatak
Name ID: 133622 Place ID: 15956

Group of rocky nunataks extending for 7 mi and marking the S side of the mouth of Recovery Glacier. First seen from the air and visited in 1957 by the CTAE and so named because it was uncertain which route from the nunataks would lead furthest inland.

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