Mirfak Nunatak
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Mirfak Nunatak (81°58′S 156°5′E / 81.967°S 156.083°E) is a nunatak near the Antarctic polar plateau, 10 nautical miles (19 km) southwest of Vance Bluff. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after the USNS Mirfak, a cargo vessel in the U.S. convoy to McMurdo Sound in Operation Deep Freeze 1963.[1]
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- ^ "Mirfak Nunatak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Mirfak Nunatak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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