Three Slice Nunatak
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Three Slice Nunatak is a conspicuous nunatak
rising to 500 m, surmounting the low, ice-covered northeast extremity of Joerg Peninsula
on the east coast of Graham Land
. This distinctive landmark, in the form of a serrated ridge 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) long, is snow covered, except for the three almost vertical rock faces which suggest its name. Discovered and named by members of East Base of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) who surveyed this area on land and from the air in 1940.
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...
rising to 500 m, surmounting the low, ice-covered northeast extremity of Joerg Peninsula
Joerg Peninsula
Joerg Peninsula is a rugged, mountainous peninsula, 22 nautical miles long in a NE-SW direction and from 3 to 10 nautical miles wide, lying between Trail Inlet and Solberg Inlet on the Bowman Coast, Graham Land...
on the east coast of Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
. This distinctive landmark, in the form of a serrated ridge 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) long, is snow covered, except for the three almost vertical rock faces which suggest its name. Discovered and named by members of East Base of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) who surveyed this area on land and from the air in 1940.