Arnoldy Nunatak
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Arnoldy Nunatak is one of the Sky-Hi Nunataks
lying 1 miles (1.6 km) south of Mount Cahill
. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
in 1987 after Roger L. Arnoldy, a physicist at the University of New Hampshire
in Durham, New Hampshire
. He was a United States Antarctic Research Program Principal Investigator
in upper atmospheric physics at Siple Station
and South Pole Station for many years from 1973.
Sky-Hi Nunataks
Sky-Hi Nunataks is a nunatak group 8 nautical miles long, located 11 nautical miles east of Grossman Nunataks and northeast of Merrick Mountains in Palmer Land, extending from Doppler Nunatak in the west to Arnoldy Nunatak in the east and including Mount Mende, Mount Lanzerotti, Mount Carrara,...
lying 1 miles (1.6 km) south of Mount Cahill
Mount Cahill
Mount Cahill is one of the Sky-Hi Nunataks in Palmer Land, rising to east-northeast of Mount Carrara. It was named in 1987 by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Laurence J. Cahill, Jr., physicist, University of Minnesota; Principal Investigator in upper atmospheric physics at Siple...
. It was named by the 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...
in 1987 after Roger L. Arnoldy, a physicist at the University of New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire
The University of New Hampshire is a public university in the University System of New Hampshire , United States. The main campus is in Durham, New Hampshire. An additional campus is located in Manchester. With over 15,000 students, UNH is the largest university in New Hampshire. The university is...
in Durham, New Hampshire
Durham, New Hampshire
As of the census of 2000, there were 12,664 people, 2,882 households, and 1,582 families residing in the town. The population density was 565.5 people per square mile . There were 2,923 housing units at an average density of 130.5 per square mile...
. He was a United States Antarctic Research Program Principal Investigator
Principal investigator
A principal investigator is the lead scientist or engineer for a particular well-defined science project, such as a laboratory study or clinical trial....
in upper atmospheric physics at Siple Station
Siple Station
Siple Station, Antarctica was a research station in Antarctica , established in 1973 by Stanford's STAR Lab, to perform experiments that actively probed the magnetosphere using very low frequency waves...
and South Pole Station for many years from 1973.