DeWitt Nunatak

DeWitt Nunatak

DeWitt Nunatak (84°49′S 67°42′W / 84.817°S 67.7°W / -84.817; -67.7) is a nunatak, 1,295 m, along the face of an ice escarpment 7 nautical miles (13 km) west of Snake Ridge, in the Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Steven R. DeWitt, meteorologist at Palmer Station, winter 1966.

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