Nelson Nunatak (72°56′S 167°54′E / 72.933°S 167.900°E / -72.933; 167.900) is a mainly ice-covered nunatak in the middle of Hand Glacier, in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Thomas R. Nelson, U.S. Navy, construction mechanic at McMurdo Station, 1967.

The nunatak is part of the Selkirk Mountain System[1]

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References

  1. ↑ Daly, Reginald Aldworth (1912). "Geology of the North American Cordillera at the Forty-ninth Parallel". Part 2 of Geology of the North American Cordillera at the Forty-ninth Parallel, Reginald Aldworth Daly Memoir, Geological Survey of Canada Memoir, Canada. Part 2 (Part 2 Issue 38): 538. Retrieved 30 November 2016.


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