Kon-Tiki Nunatak

Kon-Tiki Nunatak is a raft-like nunatak, 1,300 metres high, surmounting the Cooper Icefalls in the center of , Antarctica. It was first seen by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition and named after the raft Kon-Tiki which was sailed across the Pacific Ocean from East to West in 1947 by the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl.
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Kon-Tiki Nunatak

Latitude
-82.55° or 82° 33′ south
Longitude
159.86667° or 159° 52′ east
Elevation
1,300 metres (4,265 feet)
Open location code
2R9XFV28+2M
Geo­Names ID
6636275
Wiki­data ID
Q6428678
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Venetian—“Kon-Tiki Nunatak” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Kon-Tiki Nunatak
  • Chinese: 康提基冰原島峰
  • German: Kon-Tiki-Nunatak
  • Italian: Nunatak Kon-Tiki
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kon-Tiki Nunatak
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kon-Tiki Nunatak
  • Swedish: Kon-Tiki Nunatak
  • Venetian: Nunatak Kon-Tiki

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