Dwyer Nunataks

Dwyer Nunataks

Dwyer Nunataks (68°13′S 58°27′E / 68.217°S 58.45°E / -68.217; 58.45) is a scattered group of low peaks and ridges about 6 nautical miles (11 km) long and 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide, lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Mount Gjeita in the Hansen Mountains. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) after V. Dwyer, radio officer at Mawson Station in 1964, a member of one of the survey parties which carried out a tellurometer traverse passing through the Hansen Mountains in 1965.

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