Aitken Nunatak
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Aitken Nunatak is a small rock nunatak
, 2785 metre high, standing 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Mount Bumstead
in the Grosvenor Mountains
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
for William M. Aitken, United States Antarctic Research Program aurora
scientist at South Pole Station, 1962.
Nunatak
A nunatak is an exposed, often rocky element of a ridge, mountain, or peak not covered with ice or snow within an ice field or glacier. The term is typically used in areas where a permanent ice sheet is present...
, 2785 metre high, standing 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Mount Bumstead
Mount Bumstead
Mount Bumstead is a large, isolated mountain, high, standing southeast of Otway Massif in the Grosvenor Mountains. It was discovered by R. Admiral Byrd on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition flight to the South Pole in November 1929 and named by him for Albert H...
in the Grosvenor Mountains
Grosvenor Mountains
Grosvenor Mountains is a group of widely scattered mountains and nunataks rising above the polar plateau east of the head of Mill Glacier, extending from Mount Pratt in the north to the Mount Raymond area in the south, and from Otway Massif in the northwest to Larkman Nunatak in the SE. Discovered...
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
for William M. Aitken, United States Antarctic Research Program aurora
Aurora (astronomy)
An aurora is a natural light display in the sky particularly in the high latitude regions, caused by the collision of energetic charged particles with atoms in the high altitude atmosphere...
scientist at South Pole Station, 1962.