McDonough Nunataks

McDonough Nunataks

McDonough Nunataks (85°8′S 179°59′E / 85.133°S 179.983°E / -85.133; 179.983) is a small group of isolated rock nunataks at the south margin of the Queen Maud Mountains, rising above the ice plateau 5 nautical miles (9 km) west of Mount Rosenwald. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John W. McDonough, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) ionospheric physicist at the South Pole Station, 1962.

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