Reuther Nunataks
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Reuther Nunataks is a ridgelike line of nunatak
s 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, located 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Landmark Peak
in the Founders Peaks
, Heritage Range
. Named by the University of Minnesota
Geological Party to these mountains, 1963–64, for Charles J. Reuther, who served that season as helicopter technical representative with the 62nd Transportation Detachment.
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 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, located 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Landmark Peak
Landmark Peak
Landmark Peak is a very prominent peak, 1,840 m, standing 5 nautical miles south of Minnesota Glacier on the east side of Gowan Glacier, in the Heritage Range. So named by the University of Minnesota Geological Party to these mountains, 1963–64, because the peak is a well used reference point for...
in the Founders Peaks
Founders Peaks
Founders Peaks is a cluster of sharp peaks and ridges located just east of Founders Escarpment and between Minnesota and Gowan Glaciers, in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Founders Peaks were mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-66...
, Heritage Range
Heritage Range
The Heritage Range is a major mountain range, long and wide, situated southward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the southern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica...
. Named by the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
Geological Party to these mountains, 1963–64, for Charles J. Reuther, who served that season as helicopter technical representative with the 62nd Transportation Detachment.