Nurket Rock
Nurket Rock (73°25′S 3°6′W / 73.417°S 3.100°WCoordinates: 73°25′S 3°6′W / 73.417°S 3.100°W) is a rock face just east of Mount Hallgren in the Kirwan Escarpment, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949–52) and additional air photos (1958–59), and named Nurket (the pygmy).
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