- Moltke Nunataks
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Moltke Nunataks (77°58′S 35°30′W / 77.967°S 35.5°W) is a chain of north-south trending nunataks close to the northeastern end of the Filchner Ice Shelf. One nunatak was first roughly mapped and named "Moltke Nunatak" by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1911–12, under Wilhelm Filchner. He named it for General Helmuth von Moltke, Chief of the German General Staff and Sec. of State for Home Affairs. Surveys during the mid-1950s by British, Argentine and United States expeditions indicate a group of four or five nunataks exist in the area.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Moltke Nunataks" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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