Lincoln Nunatak

Lincoln Nunatak (67°27′S 68°43′W / 67.450°S 68.717°W / -67.450; -68.717Coordinates: 67°27′S 68°43′W / 67.450°S 68.717°W / -67.450; -68.717) is a snow-capped nunatak with a rocky west face, at the end of a ridge running westward from Mount Mangin on Adelaide Island, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Flight Lieutenant Warren D. Lincoln, Royal Air Force, a pilot with the British Antarctic Survey Aviation Unit based at Adelaide Station in 1962–63.[1]

References

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


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/21/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.