Ford Nunataks [SEP] continent
Ford Nunataks
The Ford Nunataks () are a cluster of nunataks and low peaks rising above a network of ice-drowned ridges about in extent, lying northwest of Murtaugh Peak in the Wisconsin Range of the Horlick Mountains, Antarctica. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Franklin E. Ford, a construction mechanic with the winter parties at the Byrd Station in 1961 and then the South Pole Station in 1965
Weikman Nunataks
Weikman Nunataks () are two nunataks on the divide separating the upper reaches of Balchen Glacier and Crevasse Valley Glacier, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. The nunataks lie 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Mount Perkins. First mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Edward R. Weikman Jr., CMH2, U.S. Navy, Construction Mechanic at Byrd Station, 1967.