Ford Nunataks

Ford Nunataks (85°35′S 131°30′W) is a cluster of nunataks and low peaks rising above a network of ice-drowned ridges about 9 nautical miles (17 km) in extent, lying 7 nautical miles (13 km) northwest of Murtaugh Peak in the Wisconsin Range, Horlick Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Franklin E. Ford, construction mechanic with the winter parties at Byrd Station in 1961 and South Pole Station in 1965.

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