Lacroix Nunatak

Coordinates: 66°51′S 141°20′E / 66.850°S 141.333°E / -66.850; 141.333
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Lacroix Nunatak (66°51′S 141°20′E / 66.850°S 141.333°E / -66.850; 141.333) is a ridge of terminal

Mawson after French mineralogist Alfred Lacroix. It was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and surveyed by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1949–51, which established an astronomical control station near its center.[1]

See also

  • Mount Lacroix

References

  1. ^ "Lacroix Nunatak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-05-23.

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