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Outback Nunataks

Index Outback Nunataks

The Outback Nunataks are a series of bare rock nunataks and mountains which are distributed over an area about long by wide. [1]

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Table of Contents

  1. 14 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Antarctic Plateau, Emlen Peaks, Freyberg Mountains, Helliwell Hills, Mesa Range, Monument Nunataks, Nunatak, Rennick Glacier, Ross Sea, Sequence Hills, United States Geological Survey, Usarp Mountains, Victoria Land.

  2. Nunataks of Victoria Land

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.

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Antarctic Plateau

The Antarctic Plateau, Polar Plateau or King Haakon VII Plateau is a large area of East Antarctica that extends over a diameter of about, and includes the region of the geographic South Pole and the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station.

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Emlen Peaks

The Emlen Peaks is a group of scattered peaks and nunataks, long and wide.

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Freyberg Mountains

The Freyberg Mountains are a group of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica, bounded by the Rennick Glacier, Bowers Mountains, Black Glacier, and Evans Névé. Outback Nunataks and Freyberg Mountains are Pennell Coast.

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Helliwell Hills

The Helliwell Hills are a group of rocky hills and low mountains about long and wide in the Usarp Mountains of North Victoria Land, Antarctica.

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Mesa Range

The Mesa Range is a range of flat-topped mesas comprising the Sheehan, Pain, Tobin and Gair Mesas, situated at the head of the Rennick Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Outback Nunataks and mesa Range are Pennell Coast.

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Monument Nunataks

The Monument Nunataks are a group of nunataks in Antarctica that have numerous pinnacles and odd-shaped projections resembling monuments, situated north of Sculpture Mountain in the upper part of Rennick Glacier. Outback Nunataks and monument Nunataks are nunataks of Victoria Land and Pennell Coast.

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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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Rennick Glacier

Rennick Glacier is broad glacier, nearly long, which is one of the largest in Antarctica.

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Ross Sea

The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica, between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land and within the Ross Embayment, and is the southernmost sea on Earth.

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Sequence Hills

Sequence Hills is an escarpment-like hills on the west margin of the upper Rennick Glacier, about 7 nautical miles (13 km) northwest of Caudal Hills, Victoria Land. Outback Nunataks and Sequence Hills are Pennell Coast.

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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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Usarp Mountains

The Usarp Mountains are a major mountain range in North Victoria Land, Antarctica. Outback Nunataks and Usarp Mountains are Pennell Coast.

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Victoria Land

Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau.

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See also

Nunataks of Victoria Land

References

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

Also known as Chan Rocks, Coleman Bluffs, De Camp Nunatak, Derbyshire Peak, Doe Nunatak, Doescher Nunatak, Fitzsimmons Nunataks, Frontier Mountain, Johannessen Nunataks, Miller Butte, Mount Blair, Mount Blair (Antarctica), Mount Bower, Mount Chadwick, Mount Joern, Mount Koons, Mount Southard, Mount Spatz, Mount Walton, Mount Weihaupt, Nims Peak, Oona Cliff, Potter Nunataks, Roberts Butte, Saunders Bluff, The Office Girls, Welcome Mountain, Wilds Nunatak, Womochel Peaks, Wu Nunatak.