Cone Nunatak
Cone Nunatak (63°36′S 57°2′W / 63.600°S 57.033°WCoordinates: 63°36′S 57°2′W / 63.600°S 57.033°W) is a nunatak, 350 metres (1,150 ft) high, which appears conical on its north side but has brown rock cliffs on its south face, lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) south-southeast of Buttress Hill on the Tabarin Peninsula, at the northeast extremity of the Antarctic Peninsula.[1] It represents a volcanic vent of the James Ross Island Volcanic Group.[2]
WikiMiniAtlasThe descriptive name was applied by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey following their survey of the area in 1946.[1]
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- ^ a b "Cone Nunatak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ^ "Geological Map of James Ross Island" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-03-23.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Cone Nunatak". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
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