Baker Knob

Map of Thurston Island.

Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Baker Knob (72°30′S 96°1′W / 72.500°S 96.017°W / -72.500; -96.017Coordinates: 72°30′S 96°1′W / 72.500°S 96.017°W / -72.500; -96.017) is a small rounded coastal elevation which has an abrupt east face, standing 2 nautical miles (4 km) north of Harrison Nunatak at the east end of Thurston Island. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after T.W. Baker, a Photographer's Mate in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of Thurston Island and adjacent coastal areas, 1946–47.^[1]

Maps

Thurston Island – Jones Mountains. 1:500000 Antarctica Sketch Map. US Geological Survey, 1967.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

↑ "Baker Knob". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-05-17.

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