Nakai Snowfield

Nakai Snowfield (

77°29′S 161°31′E / 77.483°S 161.517°E / -77.483; 161.517Coordinates: 77°29′S 161°31′E / 77.483°S 161.517°E / -77.483; 161.517) is a snowfield at about 1,600 m (5,200 ft) elevation that occupies the col between Mount Hercules and Mount Jason in Olympus Range, McMurdo Dry Valleys. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after , Department of Earth Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan; a participant in the , 1973–76.

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