Iapetus Nunatak
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Iapetus Nunatak () is an isolated nunatak at the southwest margin of Satellite Snowfield, about midway between the Walton Mountains and Staccato Peaks in southern Alexander Island. Mapped by Directorate of Overseas Surveys from satellite imagery supplied by U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in cooperation with U.S. Geological Survey. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) from association with Saturn Glacier (nearby to the east), after Iapetus, one of the satellites of Saturn.
This article incorporates text from Iapetus 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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