Boyd Nunatak
Boyd Nunatak is a small nunatak 8 nautical miles southeast of Mount Caroline Mikkelsen, on the south side of Publications Ice Shelf. It was first mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, remapped by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions, and named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for J.S.Boyd Nunatak
- Type: Nunatak with an elevation of 90 metres
- Description: antartican nunatak
- Categories: nunatak, mountain, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-69.85694° or 69° 51′ 25″ south
Longitude
74.65028° or 74° 39′ 1″ east
Elevation
90 metres (295 feet)
Open location code
3J2P4MV2+64
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Boyd Nunatak” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Boyd Nunatak”
- Chinese: “博伊德冰原島峰”
- German: “Boyd-Nunatak”
- Hebrew: “נונאטאק בויד”
- Ladin: “Boyd Nunatak”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Boyd Nunatak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Boyd Nunatak”
- Swedish: “Boyd Nunatak”
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