Mauger Nunatak

Mauger Nunatak

Mauger Nunatak (85°44′S 176°44′E / 85.733°S 176.733°E / -85.733; 176.733) is a nunatak, 2,780 m, about 3 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Mount Block in the Grosvenor Mountains. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961–62) for C.C. Mauger, crew member of the Aurora, the vessel which transported the Ross Sea Party of Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914–17) from Australia to the Ross Sea.

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