Miscast Nunataks

The Miscast Nunataks (

80°30′S 159°9′E / 80.500°S 159.150°E / -80.500; 159.150Coordinates: 80°30′S 159°9′E / 80.500°S 159.150°E / -80.500; 159.150) are a group of four nunataks which rise to 910 metres (3,000 ft) on the south side of Byrd Glacier in Antarctica. The outcrops lie between Mount Tadpole and Mount Madison in the Churchill Mountains. To their East is Couzens Saddle. The feature was geologically mapped as , a clastic, sandstone unit, by the New Zealand Geological Survey in 1960–61. The current name arose following remapping by United States Antarctic Program geologist in 2000–01, and the determination that the entire outcrop is not sandstone but Shackleton Limestone.^[1]

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