Astraea Nunatak
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Astraea Nunatak () is a nunatak 6 miles (10 km) south of Staccato Peaks in southern Alexander Island. Mapped from trimetrogon air photography taken by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, and from survey by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1948-50. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after one of the asteroids lying between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
This article incorporates text from Astraea Nunatak, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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