Morgan Nunataks [SEP] continent
Morgan Nunataks
The Morgan Nunataks () are a small group of nunataks located at the southwestern extremity of the Sweeney Mountains, in Palmer Land, Antarctica. They were first observed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in 1947–48, and were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961–67. The group was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for William R. Morgan, a cook at Eights Station in 1965.
case of petrels and other flying seabirds, the ability to nest on nunataks may have allowed them the ability to stay on the continent during the glacial period and fly down to the edge of the ice for food. However, this was most likely not the case with colony forming species such as the Adélie penguin and the Antarctic elephant seal.
The Antarctic elephant seal was likely a resident of the Antarctic continent (Victoria Land) 7,500–8,000 years ago. However, an advance of ice 1000 years ago drove them away to the