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Zohn Nunataks

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Zohn Nunataks (74°58′S 72°49′W) is a set of three nunataks, the largest being Cheeks Nunatak, rising to 1,310 m in the southwest part of Grossman Nunataks, Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1961–68, and Landsat imagery, 1973-74. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Harry L. Zohn, Jr., USGS topographic engineer, a member of the USGS-BAS geological party to the Orville Coast, 1977-78.

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

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