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Rocky peak in western Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
South Beaches from Basalt Lake vicinity on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, with Clark Nunatak, Ritli Hill, Elephant Point and Telish Rock in the left background, Stackpole Rocks on the right and Deception Island on the horizon
Clark Nunatak (its summit seen above Rotch Dome in the background) from near Hannah Point, with Elephant Point and Bond Point in the foreground
Topographic map of Antarctic Specially Protected Area ASPA 126 Byers Peninsula
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands

Clark Nunatak is a rocky peak rising to 147 m at the southwest edge of the ice cap of Rotch Dome in western Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica near the south extremity of Urvich Wall. It surmounts Volturnus Lake on the south.

The feature is named after Daniel Clark, First Mate of the American sealing vessel Hersilia under Captain James Sheffield in 1820–21.

Location

The nunatak is located at 62°40′03.8″S 60°54′37.5″W / 62.667722°S 60.910417°W / -62.667722; -60.910417 which is 9.25 km east of Nikopol Point, 5.8 km southeast of Tsamblak Hill, 4.07 km south-southwest of the highest point of Rotch Dome and 3.9 km northwest of Elephant Point (British mapping in 1933 and 1968, detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).

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