Metzgar Nunatak

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.

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