Cone Nunatak (63°36′S 57°2′W / 63.600°S 57.033°W / -63.600; -57.033) is a nunatak, 350 metres (1,150 ft) high, which appears conical on its north side but has brown rock cliffs on its south face, lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) south-southeast of Buttress Hill on the Tabarin Peninsula, at the northeast extremity of the Antarctic Peninsula.[1] It represents a volcanic vent of the James Ross Island Volcanic Group.[2]

The descriptive name was applied by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey following their survey of the area in 1946.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Cone Nunatak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  2. ↑ "Geological Map of James Ross Island" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2020.

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