Haskill Nunatak (83°24′S 51°45′W / 83.400°S 51.750°W / -83.400; -51.750) is an elongate nunatak, 1,710 metres (5,610 ft) high, standing 2.5 nautical miles (5 km) west of Dyrdal Peak in the southern Forrestal Range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Robert E. Haskill, a radioman at Ellsworth Station in the winter of 1957.[1]

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  1. ↑ "Haskill Nunatak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-05-30.

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