Cowie Nunatak is a bold bluff-type nunatak, 1,782 metres (5,846 ft) high, with a cliffed east face, located 5 nautical miles (9 km) west of Detour Nunatak in the upper part of Mackay Glacier, Victoria Land. It was named after James Cowie of the Scott Base drilling project at Cape Roberts.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Cowie Nunatak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-11-30.

77°8′S 160°22′E / 77.133°S 160.367°E / -77.133; 160.367 Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Cowie Nunatak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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