Mulgrew Nunatak

Mulgrew Nunatak (79°38′S 157°56′E / 79.633°S 157.933°E / -79.633; 157.933Coordinates: 79°38′S 157°56′E / 79.633°S 157.933°E / -79.633; 157.933) is a prominent nunatak, 1,600 m, standing four nautical miles (7 km) east of Tentacle Ridge in the Cook Mountains. Mapped by the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956–58) and named for Peter D. Mulgrew, the chief radio operator at Scott Base, who accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary to the South Pole.

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