Metzgar Nunatak

Metzgar Nunatak (74°28′S 72°25′W / 74.467°S 72.417°W / -74.467; -72.417) is a nunatak rising to about 1,700 m, 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Tollefson Nunatak in the Yee Nunataks, Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1961–68, and from Landsat imagery taken 1973-74. Named in 1987 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after John M. Metzgar, Jr., USGS cartographer, a member of the USGS satellite surveying team at the South Pole Station, winter party 1978.

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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 ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР? Howard M. Metzenbaum United States Courthouse Metzgau Look at other dictionaries: Yee Nunataks — (coord|74|22|S|72|30|W|) is a group of scattered nunataks, about 24 miles (38 km) long and 12 miles (19 km) wide, centered 35 miles (60 km) northeast of Lyon Nunataks in Ellsworth Land. The nunataks rise 1,300 1,700 m in elevation and in the four …   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”