Half Dome Nunatak

Half Dome Nunatak is a nunatak lying 2 nautical miles south of the in Antarctica, at the mouth of Lucy Glacier. It was so named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition because it is rounded on one side and cut into sheer cliffs on the other side.
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Half Dome Nunatak

Latitude
-82.45° or 82° 27′ south
Longitude
159.23333° or 159° 14′ east
Elevation
1,016 metres (3,333 feet)
Open location code
2R9XG6XM+X8
Geo­Names ID
6634424
Wiki­data ID
Q5641663
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Half Dome Nunatak” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Half Dome Nunatak
  • Chinese: 半穹冰原島峰
  • German: Half Dome Nunatak
  • Ladin: Half Dome Nunatak
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Half Dome Nunatak
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Half Dome Nunatak
  • Swedish: Half Dome Nunatak

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