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Du Toit Nunataks

The Du Toit Nunataks are a group of nunataks between Cornwall Glacier and Glen Glacier, marking the western end of the Read Mountains in the Shackleton Range of Antarctica. ^[1]

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16 relations: Alexander du Toit, Arie Poldervaart, British Antarctic Survey, Cornwall Glacier (Coats Land), Demographics of South Africa, Glen Glacier, Karl Alfred von Zittel, Leonard Frank Spath, Migmatite, Nunatak, Read Mountains, Recovery Glacier, Shackleton Range, Shotton Snowfield, UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, United States Geological Survey.
Nunataks of Coats Land

Alexander du Toit

Alexander Logie du Toit FRS (14 March 1878 – 25 February 1948) was a geologist from South Africa and an early supporter of Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift.

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Arie Poldervaart

Arie Poldervaart (6 July 1918 in Bandung, Indonesia – 28 October 1964 in Manhattan) was a Dutch petrologist and leading expert on igneous and metamorphic rocks.

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British Antarctic Survey

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute.

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Cornwall Glacier (Coats Land)

Cornwall Glacier is a glacier long, flowing south from Crossover Pass in the Shackleton Range to join Recovery Glacier east of Ram Bow Bluff.

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Demographics of South Africa

According to the 2022 census, the population of South Africa is about 62 million people of diverse origins, cultures, languages, and religions.

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Glen Glacier

Glen Glacier is a glacier at least long, flowing south in the Shackleton Range of Antarctica to join Recovery Glacier to the west of the Read Mountains.

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Karl Alfred von Zittel

Karl Alfred Ritter von Zittel (25 September 1839 – 5 January 1904) was a German palaeontologist best known for his Handbuch der Palaeontologie (1876–1880).

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Leonard Frank Spath

Leonard Frank Spath FRS (20 October 1882 – 2 March 1957) was a British geologist specialising in malacology and ammonitology.

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Migmatite

Migmatite is a composite rock found in medium and high-grade metamorphic environments, commonly within Precambrian cratonic blocks.

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Nunatak

A nunatak (from Inuit nunataq) is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge.

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Read Mountains

Read Mountains is a group of rocky summits, the highest being Holmes Summit at, lying east of Glen Glacier in the south-central part of the Shackleton Range.

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Recovery Glacier

The Recovery Glacier is a glacier, at least long and wide at its mouth, flowing west along the southern side of the Shackleton Range in Antarctica.

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Shackleton Range

The Shackleton Range is a mountain range in Antarctica that rises to and extends in an east–west direction for about between the Slessor and Recovery Glaciers.

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Shotton Snowfield

Shotton Snowfield is a large snowfield between Herbert Mountains and Pioneers Escarpment on the north and Read Mountains on the south, in the Shackleton Range of Antarctica.

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UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI).

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du_Toit_Nunataks

Also known as Hatch Plain, Poldervaart Edge, Spath Crest, Zittel Cliffs.

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