Windscoop Nunataks () is a cluster of four gable-shaped
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 rising to about 400 m between
Porphyry Bluff and
Tower Peak Tower Peak may refer to:
* Tower Peak (Antarctica) in Graham Land, Antarctica
* Tower Peak (British Columbia) in the Beaverfoot Range
The Beaverfoot Range () is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies, located in southeastern British Columbi ...
on
Nordenskjold Coast,
Graham Land, Antarctica. So named by
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) following
British Antarctic Survey
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(BAS) geological work, 1978–79, from the windscoops associated with each nunatak.
Nunataks of Graham Land
Nordenskjöld Coast
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