Sanders Nunatak
Sanders Nunatak is a prominent nunatak rising above the ice to the south of Noxon Cliff, in Asgard Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1997 after Ryan Sanders, of NOAA, a member of the National Ozone Expedition to the McMurdo Station area in 1986 and 1987, returning as principal investigator in 1991, 1992, 1994, and 1996.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Falconer, Mount and Scholars Peak.
Falconer, Mount
Peak
Mount Falconer is a mountain, 810 metres high, surmounting Lake Fryxell on the north wall of Taylor Valley, between Mount McLennan and Commonwealth Glacier in Antarctica.
Scholars Peak
Peak
Mount Falconer is a mountain, 810 metres high, surmounting Lake Fryxell on the north wall of Taylor Valley, between Mount McLennan and Commonwealth Glacier in Antarctica.
Mount Keohane
Peak
Mount Falconer is a mountain, 810 metres high, surmounting Lake Fryxell on the north wall of Taylor Valley, between Mount McLennan and Commonwealth Glacier in Antarctica.
Sanders Nunatak
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 852 metres
- Description: Nunatak in Victoria Land, Antarctica
- Categories: nunatak, mountain, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.55841° or 77° 33′ 30″ southLongitude
163.04145° or 163° 2′ 29″ eastElevation
852 metres (2,795 feet)Named after
Ryan Sanders of NOAAOpen location code
2VJ5C2RR+JHOpenStreetMap ID
node 7952873068OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
6628807Wikidata ID
Q7416144
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Sanders Nunatak” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sanders Nunatak”
- Chinese: “桑德斯冰原島峰”
- German: “Sanders-Nunatak”
- Ladin: “Sanders Nunatak”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sanders Nunatak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sanders Nunatak”
- Swedish: “Sanders Nunatak”
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