Boyd Nunatak
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Boyd Nunatak is a small nunatak
8 miles (12.9 km) southeast of Mount Caroline Mikkelsen
, on the south side of Publications Ice Shelf
. It was first mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, remapped by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
, and named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for J.S. Boyd, physicist at Wilkes Station
in 1965.
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...
8 miles (12.9 km) southeast of Mount Caroline Mikkelsen
Mount Caroline Mikkelsen
Mount Caroline Mikkelsen is a small coastal mountain of between Hargreaves Glacier and Polar Times Glacier on Ingrid Christensen Coast. The mountain overlooks the southern extremity of Prydz Bay, north-northwest of Svarthausen Nunatak, and is the highest summit in the vicinity...
, on the south side of Publications Ice Shelf
Publications Ice Shelf
Publications Ice Shelf is an ice shelf about 35 nautical miles long on the south shore of Prydz Bay, between Mount Caroline Mikkelsen and Stornes Peninsula. Several glaciers, listed from southwest to northeast, nourish the ice shelf: Polar Times Glacier, Il Polo Glacier, Polarforschung Glacier,...
. It was first mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, remapped by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division .-The ANARE Name:...
, and named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for J.S. Boyd, physicist at Wilkes Station
Wilkes Station
Wilkes Station was an Antarctic research station established 29 January 1957 by the United States as one of seven U.S. stations established for the International Geophysical Year program in Antarctica...
in 1965.