Selene Nunatak

Selene Nunatak (

71°8′S 68°48′W / 71.133°S 68.800°W / -71.133; -68.800Coordinates: 71°8′S 68°48′W / 71.133°S 68.800°W / -71.133; -68.800) is a nunatak (an exposed, often rocky element of a ridge, mountain, or peak not covered with ice or snow) rising to about 1,200 m west of Lunar Crag, situated within the mountain range Planet Heights, in eastern Alexander Island, Antarctica. The nunatak was named in association with nearby Lunar Crag by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1988 after Selene, the Greek goddess of the Moon.

See also[]

• Admirals Nunatak
• Figaro Nunatak
• Lizard Nunatak

Further reading[]

• David J. Cantrill, Imogen Poole, The Vegetation of Antarctica Through Geological Time, P 171
• David J. Cantrill & Morag A. Hunter (2005), Macrofossil floras of the Latady Basin, Antarctic Peninsula, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 48:3, 537–553, DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2005.9515132
• Simon R. A. Kelly, New Trigonioid Bivalves from the Early Jurassic to Earliest Cretaceous of the Antarctic Peninsula Region: Systematics and Austral Paleobiogeography, Journal of Paleontology, vol. 69, no. 1, 1995, pp. 66–84. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1306280. Accessed 31 Jan. 2020
• Doubleday, P. & Macdonald, David & Nell, P.. (1993), Sedimentology and structure of the trench-slope to forearc basin transition in the Mesozoic of Alexander Island, Antarctica, Geological Magazine. 130. 737 - 754. 10.1017/S0016756800023128

External links[]

• Selene Nunatak on USGS website
• Selene Nunatak on AADC website
• Selene Nunatak on SCAR website
• Selene Nunatak on mindat.org

References[]

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