Windscoop Nunataks

Windscoop Nunataks (64°25′S 59°7′W / 64.417°S 59.117°W / -64.417; -59.117Coordinates: 64°25′S 59°7′W / 64.417°S 59.117°W / -64.417; -59.117) is a cluster of four gable-shaped nunataks rising to about 400 m between Porphyry Bluff and Tower Peak on Nordenskjold Coast, Graham Land, Antarctica. So named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) following British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geological work, 1978–79, from the windscoops associated with each nunatak.

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

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