Dewar Nunatak
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| Dewar Nunatak | |||
| British Antarctic Territory | |||
|---|---|---|---|
,_Adelaide_Island,_Stonehouse_Bay.JPG) Adelaide Island's east coast with Dewar Nunatak the lone mountain at extreme top right | |||
| Adelaide Island | |||
| Summit: | 1,706 feet 67°19’60"S, 68°15’0"W | ||
Dewar Nunatak is a mainly snow-covered hill rising to 1,706 feet in the middle of Shambles Glacier, on the east coast of Adelaide Island, off Graham Land. It is classed as a ‘nunatak’: a rock formation projecting above the ice.
The place was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1963 for Graham J.A. Dewar, a British Antarctic Survey geologist at Adelaide station, 1961–63.
