Gateway Nunatak
Gateway Nunatak (77°1′S 160°15′E / 77.017°S 160.250°ECoordinates: 77°1′S 160°15′E / 77.017°S 160.250°E) is a prominent nunatak near the head of Mackay Glacier, standing 9 nautical miles (17 km) west of Mount Gran, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was surveyed in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956–58), and so named by them because it marks the most obvious gateway through the upper icefalls for parties traveling west up the Mackay Glacier.[1]
References
- ↑ "Gateway Nunatak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
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