Baines Nunatak

Baines Nunatak (

80°19′S 23°58′W / 80.317°S 23.967°W / -80.317; -23.967Coordinates: 80°19′S 23°58′W / 80.317°S 23.967°W / -80.317; -23.967) is a nunatak rising to 1,020 metres (3,350 ft) to the east of Bernhardi Heights and 10 nautical miles (19 km) northwest of Jackson Tooth, Pioneers Escarpment, in the Shackleton Range. It was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, surveyed by the British Antarctic Survey, 1968–71, and named in 1977 by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Thomas Baines (1822–75), an English explorer and joint author, with William Barry Lord, of Shifts and Expedients of Camp Life, Travel and Exploration (London, 1871).^[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Baines Nunatak". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)