Enceladus Nunataks

Enceladus Nunataks

Enceladus Nunataks (coord|71|43|S|69|27|W|) is a group of about eight nunataks scattered over a wide area at the head of the drainage basin of Saturn Glacier, in southern Alexander Island. Mapped from trimetrogon air photography taken by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, and from survey by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1948-50. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) from association with Saturn Glacier, Enceladus being one of the moons of the planet Saturn.


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