Horsa Nunataks

Horsa Nunataks project from the Roberts Ice Piedmont, on the north-east coast of Alexander Island in the British Antarctic Territory, rising to about 1,970 feet above the sea.

These nunataks were photographed from the air by the British Graham Land Expedition on 15 August 1936 and on 1 February 1937. They were surveyed from the ground by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from 'Stonington Island' in 1948. They are named after Horsa, the fifth century Jutish chieftain who, with his brother Hengist, led the first Anglo-Saxon bands to settle in Britain. Immediately to the south of these peaks is the Hengist Nunatak.

Location

• Location map: 68°55’59"S, 70°18’27"W

References

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Horsa Nunataks