Pickering Nunatak () is a prominent
nunatak at the east side of the mouth of
Lambert Glacier
Lambert Glacier is a major glacier in East Antarctica. At about 50 miles (80 km) wide, over 250 miles (400 km) long, and about 2,500 m deep, it is the world's largest glacier. It drains 8% of the Antarctic ice sheet to the east and s ...
, situated 20 nautical miles (37 km) south-southwest of
Manning Nunataks. Sighted on a flight by an ANARE (
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) Beaver aircraft over the
Amery Ice Shelf on November 2, 1957. Named by
Antarctic Names Committee of Australia
The Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC) was established to advise the Government on names for features in the Australian Antarctic Territory and the subantarctic territory of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands. The commit ...
(ANCA) for
Flight Sgt.
R. Pickering of the
RAAF Antarctic Flight at
Mawson Station
The Mawson Station, commonly called Mawson, is one of three permanent bases and research outposts in Antarctica managed by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). Mawson lies in Holme Bay in Mac. Robertson Land, East Antarctica in the Austra ...
, 1957.
Further reading
* Yu, J., H. Liu, K. C. Jezek, R. C. Warner, and J. Wen (2010)
Analysis of velocity field, mass balance, and basal melt of the Lambert Glacier–Amery Ice Shelf system by incorporating Radarsat SAR interferometry and ICESat laser altimetry measurements J. Geophys. Res., 115, B11102, doi:10.1029/2010JB007456
References
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Nunataks of Mac. Robertson Land
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