Cone Nunatak () is a

nunatak A nunatak (from Inuit ''nunataq'') is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They are also called glacial islands. Examples are natural pyramidal peaks. ...

, high, which appears conical on its north side but has brown rock cliffs on its south face, lying south-southeast of

Buttress Hill Buttress Hill () is a flat-topped hill, high, with steep rock cliffs on the west side, standing east of the most northern of the Seven Buttresses on Tabarin Peninsula in the northeastern extremity of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is an inferred vo ...

on the Tabarin Peninsula, at the northeast extremity of the

Antarctic Peninsula The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctic ...

. It represents a volcanic vent of the James Ross Island Volcanic Group. The descriptive name was applied by the

Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues, and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic on ...

following their survey of the area in 1946.

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Nunataks of Trinity Peninsula Volcanoes of Graham Land {{TrinityPeninsula-geo-stub