Bates Nunataks

The Bates Nunataks are a set of three isolated nunataks (glacial islands) in the névé of Byrd Glacier, 18 nautical miles (33 km) west of Vantage Hill in the Britannia Range, that were discovered by the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956–58). They were named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee for J. Bates, a member of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition who accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary to the South Pole.[1]

References
  1. "Bates Nunataks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-05-21.

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