Lincoln Nunatak (67°27′S 68°43′W / 67.450°S 68.717°W / -67.450; -68.717) is a snow-capped nunatak with a rocky west face, at the end of a ridge running westward from Mount Mangin on Adelaide Island, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Flight Lieutenant Warren D. Lincoln, Royal Air Force, a pilot with the British Antarctic Survey Aviation Unit based at Adelaide Station in 1962–63.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Lincoln Nunatak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 17 June 2013.

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