Faulkner Nunatak
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Faulkner Nunatak is a distinctive nunatak
(about 200 m) just west of Beagle Peak
, Lassus Mountains
, in northwest Alexander Island
. The feature appears in U.S. Navy aerial photographs obtained in 1966. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) after Harold T. Faulkner, U.S. Navy, Leading Chief of Squadron VXE-6
Photo Division on Operation Deep Freeze
, 1969.
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...
(about 200 m) just west of Beagle Peak
Beagle Peak
Beagle Peak is a peak rising to about in the central Lassus Mountains, Alexander Island. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Commander Clyde A. Beagle, U.S. Navy, LC-130 aircraft commander, Squadron VXE-6, U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze, 1969 and 1970....
, Lassus Mountains
Lassus Mountains
Lassus Mountains are mountains, 15 nautical miles long and 3 nautical miles wide, rising to 2,100 m and extending south from Palestrina Glacier in the northwest part of Alexander Island. First seen in 1821 by the Russian expedition under Bellingshausen...
, in northwest Alexander Island
Alexander Island
Alexander Island or Alexander I Island or Alexander I Land or Alexander Land is the largest island of Antarctica, with an area of lying in the Bellingshausen Sea west of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Marguerite Bay and George VI Sound. Alexander Island lies off...
. The feature appears in U.S. Navy aerial photographs obtained in 1966. 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...
(US-ACAN) after Harold T. Faulkner, U.S. Navy, Leading Chief of Squadron VXE-6
VXE-6
VXE-6, Antarctic Development Squadron 6 , commonly referred to by its nickname, The Puckered Penguins was a United States Navy Air Test and Evaluation Squadron based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica...
Photo Division on Operation Deep Freeze
Operation Deep Freeze
Operation Deep Freeze is the codename for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation Deep Freeze II", "Operation Deep Freeze III", and so on...
, 1969.