Marion Nunataks
The Marion Nunataks are a small group of
Bellinghausen Sea of Antarctica. They form a 12 km chain of rocky outcrops on the mid-north coast of the island, stretching from Mount Monique at the western end to Mount Martine
in the east.
History
They were discovered and roughly mapped on 11 January 1910 by the
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960.[1]
Antarctic Specially Protected Area
Some 176 km2 of land encompassing the nunataks is protected as
Collembola. It was the first ASPA site to protect a substantial representative area of the permanent ice cap and nunataks of the southern Antarctic Peninsula.[2]
References
- ^ "Marion Nunataks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
- ^ "Marion Nunataks, Charcot Island, Antarctic Peninsula" (PDF). Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 170: Measure 4, Annex. Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2008. Retrieved 2013-09-10.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Marion Nunataks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
69°45′S 75°15′W / 69.750°S 75.250°W
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