Hub Nunatak
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Hub Nunatak is a beehive-shaped nunatak
in the lower part of Lammers Glacier
on Antarctic Peninsula
. The feature is conspicuously located near the center of the Traffic Circle
, a glacial depression which is notable for the series of prominent glaciers which flow toward, or emanate from it in a radial pattern. Discovered in 1940 by members of the East Base party of the U.S. Antarctic Service, 1939–41, who so named the nunatak because of its unique location in the Traffic Circle.
Nunatak
A nunatak is an exposed, often rocky element of a ridge, mountain, or peak not covered with ice or snow within an ice field or glacier. The term is typically used in areas where a permanent ice sheet is present...
in the lower part of Lammers Glacier
Lammers Glacier
Lammers Glacier is a large glacier flowing east along the north side of Godfrey Upland into the Traffic Circle and Mercator Ice Piedmont, on the east coast of Graham Land...
on Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica. It extends from a line between Cape Adams and a point on the mainland south of Eklund Islands....
. The feature is conspicuously located near the center of the Traffic Circle
Traffic Circle (Antarctica)
Traffic Circle is a glacier-filled expanse 500 m high, situated south of Mount Ptolemy and medially on Antarctic Peninsula between Marguerite Bay and Mobiloil Inlet. Hub Nunatak rises from the center of the Traffic Circle. From this position, five glacial troughs radiate like the spokes of a wheel....
, a glacial depression which is notable for the series of prominent glaciers which flow toward, or emanate from it in a radial pattern. Discovered in 1940 by members of the East Base party of the U.S. Antarctic Service, 1939–41, who so named the nunatak because of its unique location in the Traffic Circle.