Last Cache Nunatak () is the southernmost and last
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 ...
on the ridge forming the eastern wall of
Zaneveld Glacier
Shackleton Glacier () is a major Antarctic glacier, over long and from wide, descending from the Antarctic Plateau from the vicinity of Roberts Massif and flowing north through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf between Mount ...
. Though not large, it is an important navigational landmark on the polar plateau in the vicinity of the head of
Shackleton Glacier
Shackleton Glacier () is a major Antarctic glacier, over long and from wide, descending from the Antarctic Plateau from the vicinity of Roberts Massif and flowing north through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf between Mount ...
. It was so named by the southern party of the
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
Features named by the expeditions 19 ...
(1961–62), who made their last depot of food and fuel near the nunatak.
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References
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Nunataks of the Ross Dependency
Dufek Coast
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