Yee Nunataks () is a group of scattered
nunatak
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s, about 24
mile
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s (38
km) long and 12
mile
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s (19
km) wide, centered 35
mile
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s (60
km) northeast of
Lyon Nunataks
The Lyon Nunataks () are a group of nunataks lying west of the Grossman Nunataks and northwest of the Behrendt Mountains, in Ellsworth Land, Antarctica.
They include Grossenbacher Nunatak, Holtet Nunatak] Christoph Nunatak and Isakson Nunatak.
...
in
Palmer Land
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. The nunataks rise 1,300-1,700 m in elevation and in the four quadrants include
Staack Nunatak,
Olander Nunatak Olander Nunatak () is one of several somewhat scattered nunataks which rise above the ice of eastern Palmer Land, lying 5 nautical miles (9 km) east of Tollefson Nunatak and 27 nautical miles (50 km) north-northwest of Sky-Hi Nunataks. Map ...
,
Metzgar Nunatak Yee Nunataks () is a group of scattered nunataks, about 24 miles (38 km) long and 12 miles (19 km) wide, centered 35 miles (60 km) northeast of Lyon Nunataks in Palmer Land. The nunataks rise 1,300-1,700 m in elevation and in the four quadrants i ...
and
Triassic Nunatak Yee Nunataks () is a group of scattered nunataks, about 24 miles (38 km) long and 12 miles (19 km) wide, centered 35 miles (60 km) northeast of Lyon Nunataks in Palmer Land. The nunataks rise 1,300-1,700 m in elevation and in the four quadrants i ...
. Mapped by
United States Geological Survey
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(USGS) from surveys and
U.S. Navy
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aerial photographs, 1961–68, and
U.S. Landsat imagery, 1973–74. Named in 1994 by
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
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History
The committee was established ...
(US-ACAN) after
Virginia Yee-Wray
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, cartographer and air brush specialist in the
Shaded Relief
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and
Special Maps Unit
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, Branch of
Special Maps
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Policing
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, USGS, who for many years prepared USGS shaded relief maps of Antarctica.
See also
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Crutcher Rock Yee Nunataks () is a group of scattered nunataks, about 24 miles (38 km) long and 12 miles (19 km) wide, centered 35 miles (60 km) northeast of Lyon Nunataks in Palmer Land. The nunataks rise 1,300-1,700 m in elevation and in the four quadrants i ...
*
Voight Nunatak Yee Nunataks () is a group of scattered nunataks, about 24 miles (38 Kilometer, km) long and 12 miles (19 Kilometer, km) wide, centered 35 miles (60 Kilometer, km) northeast of Lyon Nunataks in Palmer Land. The nunataks rise 1,300-1,700 m in elevati ...
Nunataks of Palmer Land
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