June Nunatak
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June Nunatak is the central of three nunatak
s in mid-stream of the upper Liv Glacier
, standing about 4 nautical miles (7 km) southeast of Mount Wells
, in the Queen Maud Mountains
. Named by the Southern Party
of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
(NZGSAE) (1961–62) for Harold June, aviator and engineer on the South Pole
flight of R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd in 1929.
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...
s in mid-stream of the upper Liv Glacier
Liv Glacier
Liv Glacier is a steep valley glacier, long, emerging from the Antarctic Plateau just southeast of Barnum Peak and draining north through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter Ross Ice Shelf between Mayer Crags and Duncan Mountains. Discovered in 1911 by Roald Amundsen, who named it for the daughter...
, standing about 4 nautical miles (7 km) southeast of Mount Wells
Mount Wells (Antarctica)
Mount Wells is a massive ice-covered mountain in the Prince Olav Mountains, standing at the west side of Liv Glacier, about northwest of June Nunatak. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Harry Wells, Executive Secretary of the Committee on Polar Research, US National...
, in the Queen Maud Mountains
Queen Maud Mountains
The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Shelf to the polar plateau in Antarctica...
. Named by the Southern Party
Southern Party
The Southern Party was a minor political party in the United States that operated exclusively in the South. The party supported states' rights and increased Southern cultural and regionalist activism....
of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active in 1957-58 and again in 1958-59. The 1957-58 expedition went to the Ross Dependency and named the Borchgrevink Glacier...
(NZGSAE) (1961–62) for Harold June, aviator and engineer on the South Pole
South Pole
The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth and lies on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole...
flight of R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd in 1929.