Castillo Nunatak
Castillo Nunatak is a conspicuous rocky peak rising to 437 m on the glacial divide between Huntress Glacier and Balkan Snowfield on Hurd Peninsula in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.Photo: Apcbg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Nunatak with an elevation of 265 metres
- Description: a rocky peak in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Castillo” and “Castillo, Nunatak del”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Huntress Glacier and Burdick South Peak.
Huntress Glacier
Glacier
Photo: Apcbg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Huntress Glacier is a glacier 7 kilometres long and 3.7 kilometres wide flowing into the head of False Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Burdick South Peak
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Burdick South Peak rises 544 m and is formed by an offshoot extending 1 km west-southwestwards from the southeastern extremity of Burdick Ridge in eastern Livingston Island.
Napier Peak
Peak
Photo: Apcbg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Napier Peak is the partly ice-free peak rising to 380 m on Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is linked to Charrúa Gap to the north by a 1.5 km ice-covered col, and by an ice-covered saddle to Mirador Hill to the south-southwest, and surmounts Johnsons Glacier to the northwest and west, Huntress Glacier to the east, and False Bay to the south.
Castillo Nunatak
- Categories: nunatak, mountain, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Castillo Nunatak” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Castillo”
- Chinese: “卡斯蒂略冰原島峰”
- German: “Castillo-Nunatak”
- Italian: “Castillo Nunatak”
- Ladin: “Castillo Nunatak”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Castillo Nunatak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Castillo Nunatak”
- Swedish: “Castillo”
- Venetian: “Castillo Nunatak”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ficheto Point and Doctor Guillermo Mann.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Willan Nunatak and Willan Saddle.
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