Foster Nunatak

Foster Nunatak is a horseshoe shaped rock outcrop in the south part of the Manning Nunataks, on the east side of the Amery Ice Shelf, Antarctica. The Manning Nunataks were photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump and Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions.
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Foster Nunatak

Latitude
-71.1° or 71° 6′ south
Longitude
71.66667° or 71° 40′ east
Elevation
124 metres (407 feet)
Open location code
2JWHWM28+2M
Geo­Names ID
6633364
Wiki­data ID
Q5473728
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Foster Nunatak” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Foster Nunatak
  • Chinese: 福斯特冰原島峰
  • German: Foster-Nunatak
  • Ladin: Foster Nunatak
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Foster Nunatak
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Foster Nunatak
  • Swedish: Foster Nunatak

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