Windscoop Nunataks

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Windscoop Nunataks (

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64°25′S 59°7′W / 64.417°S 59.117°W / -64.417; -59.117Coordinates: 64°25′S 59°7′W / 64.417°S 59.117°W / -64.417; -59.117) is a cluster of four gable-shaped nunataks rising to about 400 m between Porphyry Bluff and Tower Peak on Nordenskjold Coast, Graham Land, Antarctica. So named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) following British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geological work, 1978–79, from the windscoops associated with each nunatak.

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