Adams Nunatak

Adams Nunatak (coord|71|44|S|68|34|W|) is a nunatak on the south side of Neptune Glacier, 6 miles (10 km) west of Cannonball Cliffs, in eastern Alexander Island. Mapped by Directorate of Overseas Surveys from satellite imagery supplied by U.S. National Aeronautic and Space Administration in cooperation with U.S. Geological Survey. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in association with Neptune Glacier after John Couch Adams (1819-92), the Cambridge mathematician who deduced the existence of the planet Neptune.