Castor Nunatak
Castor Nunatak is a nunatak 3 nautical miles southwest of Oceana Nunatak in the Seal Nunataks group, off the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was first seen and mapped as an island in December 1893 by a Norwegian Sealing expedition under C.A.Castor Nunatak
- Type: Hill
- Description: Nunatak in Graham Land, Antarctica
- Categories: nunatak, mountain, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-65.1662° or 65° 9′ 58″ south
Longitude
-59.937° or 59° 56′ 13″ west
Open location code
3862R3M7+G6
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Castor Nunatak” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Castorinsel”
- Chinese: “卡斯托冰原島峰”
- German: “Castorinsel”
- Ladin: “Castor Nunatak”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Castor Nunatak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Castor Nunatak”
- Portuguese: “Nunatak Castor”
- Spanish: “Castor, Nunatak”
- Swedish: “Castor nunatak”
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