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Nunatak in Graham Land, Antarctica

In this aerial picture of a part of Adelaide Island's east coast Dewar Nunatak is the lone mountain at the picture's extreme upper right hand edge. Click on the picture for a detailed description of the other geographical features.

Dewar Nunatak (67°20′S 68°15′W / 67.333°S 68.250°W / -67.333; -68.250) is a mainly snow-covered nunatak rising to 520 metres (1,700 ft) in the middle of Shambles Glacier, on the east coast of Adelaide Island. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1963 for Graham J.A. Dewar, a British Antarctic Survey geologist at Adelaide station, 1961–63.

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  1. "Dewar Nunatak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 17 January 2012.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Dewar Nunatak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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