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Swartz Nunataks

Coordinates: 78°39′S 160°0′E / 78.650°S 160.000°E / -78.650; 160.000
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Swartz Nunataks (78°39′S 160°0′E / 78.650°S 160.000°E / -78.650; 160.000) are two prominent nunataks, 1,565 m, protruding through the ice midway between the north part of Worcester Range and Tate Peak. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1964 for Lieutenant Philip K. Swartz, Jr., MC, U.S. Navy, officer in charge of the South Pole Station in 1961.

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