Burkitt Nunatak

Not to be confused with Burkett Nunatak.

Burkitt Nunatak is a small nunatak, rising to about 1,200 m (3,900 ft) high, located in the north-west part of Dyer Plateau, 17 km (11 mi) west-southwest of Crescent Scarp, Palmer Land, Antarctica. Following glaciological work by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1980–81, the feature was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after David M. Burkitt, a BAS general assistant who assisted in the work that season, and was a member of the Joint Services Expedition to Elephant Island, 1970–71.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Burkitt Nunatak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-10-07.

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Coordinates: 69°42′S 66°53′W / 69.700°S 66.883°W / -69.700; -66.883


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