Maish 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. ...

located west-southwest of

Mount Moses Mount Moses () is, at , the highest and most prominent of the Hudson Mountains of Antarctica, located near the center of the group, about north-northeast of Mount Manthe. It was mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in 1 ...

, in the central part of the

Hudson Mountains The Hudson Mountains are a mountain range in western Ellsworth Land just east of Cranton Bay and Pine Island Bay at the eastern extremity of Amundsen Sea. They are of volcanic origin, consisting of low scattered mountains and nunataks that prot ...

of Antarctica. It was mapped by the

United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, ...

from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–66, and was 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 F. Michael Maish, an ionospheric physicist at

Byrd Station The Byrd Station is a former research station established by the United States during the International Geophysical Year by U.S. Navy Seabees during Operation Deep Freeze II in West Antarctica. History A joint Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marin ...

in 1967, who also served as a U.S. exchange scientist at Vostok Station in 1969.

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Hudson Mountains Nunataks of Ellsworth Land Volcanoes of Ellsworth Land {{EllsworthLand-geo-stub