Mauger Nunatak
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Mauger Nunatak is a nunatak
, 2,780 m, about 3 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Mount Block
in the Grosvenor Mountains
. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
(NZGSAE) (1961–62) for C.C. Mauger, crew member of the Aurora, the vessel which transported the Ross Sea Party
of Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
(1914–17) from Australia to the Ross Sea
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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...
, 2,780 m, about 3 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Mount Block
Mount Block
Mount Block is a nunatak in the Grosvenor Mountains, standing 5 nautical miles south of Block Peak. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition flight to the South Pole in November 1929, and named by him for Paul Block, Jr., son of Paul Block, a patron of the expedition....
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 the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active in 1957-58 and again in 1958-59. The 1957-58 expedition went to the Ross Dependency and named the Borchgrevink Glacier...
(NZGSAE) (1961–62) for C.C. Mauger, crew member of the Aurora, the vessel which transported the Ross Sea Party
Ross Sea Party
The Ross Sea party was a component of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914–17. Its task was to lay a series of supply depots across the Great Ice Barrier from the Ross Sea to the Beardmore Glacier, along the polar route established by earlier Antarctic expeditions...
of Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition , also known as the Endurance Expedition, is considered the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Conceived by Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent...
(1914–17) from Australia to the Ross Sea
Ross Sea
The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land.-Description:The Ross Sea was discovered by James Ross in 1841. In the west of the Ross Sea is Ross Island with the Mt. Erebus volcano, in the east Roosevelt Island. The southern part is covered...
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