Grossenbacher Nunatak
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Grossenbacher Nunatak is a nunatak
at the southwest end of Lyon Nunataks
, Palmer Land
, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Holtet Nunatak
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) after Ernest P. Grossenbacher, upper atmospheric physicist, Siple Station
, 1970-71.
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...
at the southwest end of Lyon Nunataks
Lyon Nunataks
Lyon Nunataks is a group of nunataks including Grossenbacher Nunatak, Holtet Nunatak, Christoph Nunatak and Isakson Nunatak, lying west of Grossman Nunataks and 30 nautical miles northwest of the Behrendt Mountains, in Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S....
, Palmer Land
Palmer Land
Palmer Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between US-ACAN and UK-APC, in which the name Antarctic Peninsula was approved for the major peninsula of...
, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Holtet Nunatak
Holtet Nunatak
Holtet Nunatak is a nunatak rising to about 1,300 m, 2 nautical miles northeast of Grossenbacher Nunatak in the Lyon Nunataks, Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from aerial photographs taken by the U.S. Navy, 1965–68, and from Landsat imagery taken 1973-74. Named in 1987 by...
. 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 Ernest P. Grossenbacher, upper atmospheric physicist, 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...
, 1970-71.