Rutland Nunatak

Rutland Nunatak (81°36′S 156°8′E / 81.600°S 156.133°E / -81.600; 156.133Coordinates: 81°36′S 156°8′E / 81.600°S 156.133°E / -81.600; 156.133) is a cone-shaped nunatak with associated rock outcrops, 2070 m, in the west part of Chapman Snowfield, Churchill Mountains. The nunatak is 10 nautical miles (18 km) east-northeast of Wilhoite Nunataks. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after cartographer Jane Rutland Brown, Antarctic map compilation specialist in the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Branch of Special Maps, 1951-71.

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