Rowe Nunataks

Rowe Nunataks (78°15′S 166°7′E / 78.250°S 166.117°E / -78.250; 166.117Coordinates: 78°15′S 166°7′E / 78.250°S 166.117°E / -78.250; 166.117) is a cluster of nunataks 3 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of Cape Beck in the southwest part of Black Island, Ross Archipelago. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1999) after C.A. Rowe, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, who investigated volcanic activity and seismicity at nearby Mount Erebus, 1984–85 and 1985-86.

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