The Lawson Nunataks () are a line of
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. ...
s about long, located 4 nautical miles southwest of
Keim Peak in the
Usarp Mountains of Antarctica. They were mapped by the
United States Geological Survey from surveys and
U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–62, and named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.
History
The committee was established ...
for Gerald J. Lawson, a
United States Antarctic Research Program biologist at
McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is a United States Antarctic research station on the south tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the Unit ...
, 1967–68.
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References
Nunataks of Oates Land
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