Passat Nunatak
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Passat Nunatak is a nunatak
(145 m) nearly 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northeast of Boreas Nunatak
at the mouth of Schytt Glacier
in Queen Maud Land
. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition
under Ritscher, 1938–39, and named after Passat, one of the Dornier flying boats of the expedition.
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...
(145 m) nearly 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northeast of Boreas Nunatak
Boreas Nunatak
Boreas Nunatak is a nunatak, high, nearly southwest of Passat Nunatak at the mouth of Schytt Glacier in Queen Maud Land. It was discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition , led by Capt. Alfred Ritscher, and named after Boreas, one of the Dornier flying boats of the expedition...
at the mouth of Schytt Glacier
Schytt Glacier
Schytt Glacier is a broad glacier about 60 miles long, flowing northward between Giaever and Ahlmann Ridge in Queen Maud Land to the Jelbart Ice Shelf. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition and named for Stig V....
in Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land is a c. 2.7 million-square-kilometre region of Antarctica claimed as a dependent territory by Norway. The territory lies between 20° west and 45° east, between the British Antarctic Territory to the west and the Australian Antarctic Territory to the east. The latitudinal...
. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition
New Swabia
New Swabia is a cartographic name sometimes given to an area of Antarctica between 20°E and 10°W in Queen Maud Land, which within Norway is administered as a Norwegian dependent territory under the Antarctic Treaty System...
under Ritscher, 1938–39, and named after Passat, one of the Dornier flying boats of the expedition.