Bond Nunatak
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Bond Nunatak () is a snow-capped
nunatak A nunatak (from Inuit language, Inuit ) is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They often form natural pyramidal peaks. Isolated nunataks are also cal ...
with rock exposures on its west face, rising north of Mount Bouvier on Adelaide Island. It was named by the
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in 1963 for Flight Lieutenant Peter R. Bond, RAF, pilot with the
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Aviation Unit based at Adelaide station in 1962–63.


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* Nunataks of Graham Land Landforms of Adelaide Island {{AdelaideIsland-geo-stub