Rodger Nunataks
The Rodger Nunataks are a group of nunataks extending about six miles north to south and four and a half miles west to east in the Sweeney Mountains in southern Palmer Land in the British Antarctic Territory. They include Mount Ballard.
These nunataks are named for Professor Alan Rodger DSc (1951-2020), a physicist. He joined the British Antarctic Survey in 1972 and wintered at Faraday Research Station in 1973 and 1974. He was a key leader in space weather research, not only in the United Kingdom but worldwide. He was a long-serving member of the BAS executive team with responsibility for science strategy, and Interim Director, 2013. Editor of the Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, from 2014, and a member of the Editorial Board of Antarctic Science, from 1997; awarded the Polar Medal in 1987, and a NASA achievement award in 1998. The name extends an established naming theme of atmospheric physicists in the Merrick Mountains to the west and Sky-Hi Nunataks to the north-west.
Location
- Location map: 75°9’30"S, 70°4’0"W
References
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Rodger Nunataks