Kon-Tiki Nunatak
Kon-Tiki Nunatak is a raft-like nunatak, 1,300 metres high, surmounting the Cooper Icefalls in the center of Nimrod Glacier, 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.
Kon-Tiki Nunatak
- Type: Nunatak with an elevation of 1,300 metres
- Description: raft-like nunatak In Antarctica
- Categories: nunatak and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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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
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Satellite Map
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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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