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Rutland Nunatak

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Rutland Nunatak (81°36′S 156°8′E) is a cone-shaped nunatak with associated rock outcrops, 2070 m, in the west part of Chapman Snowfield, Churchill Mountains. The nunatak is 10 nautical miles (18 km) east-northeast of Wilhoite Nunataks. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after cartographer Jane Rutland Brown, Antarctic map compilation specialist in the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Branch of Special Maps, 1951-71.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Rutland Nunatak" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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