Geology of the West Yamato Nunataks, East Antarctica

• Main Author: Kazuyuki SHIRAISHI
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1975
• Subjects: geo; envir; Belgica Mountains; Belgica, Mountains; East Antarctica; Yamato; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00007815; https://doaj.org/article/07c6788b762044f8a24ab8f84951243d

Seven nunataks, provisionally named the West Yamato Nunataks, located at 30 km southwest of A group of the Yamato Mountains were briefly investigated by the present author in 1973. The heighest peak is 2,282m above sea level but the relative height from the ice surface is only 150m. The rocks expose...