Cheeks Nunatak

Cheeks Nunatak (74°58′S 72°49′W / 74.967°S 72.817°W / -74.967; -72.817) is the largest and southernmost of three nunataks located 12 miles (19 km) northwest of the Merrick Mountains, in Palmer Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1961–67, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Noble L. Cheeks, aviation electronics technician, member of the R4D party that flew to the vicinity of the eventual Eights Station in 1961 to set up a base camp.

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•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Cheeks Nunatak" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

This Palmer Land location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Nunataks of Palmer Land Palmer Land geography stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая? Cheekpoint Prong Cheekspot blenny Look at other dictionaries: Zohn Nunataks — (coord|74|58|S|72|49|W|) is a set of three nunataks, the largest being Cheeks Nunatak, rising to 1,310 m in the southwest part of Grossman Nunataks, Ellsworth Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy… …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”