Marty Nunataks [SEP] continent
Marty Nunataks
The Marty Nunataks () are a group comprising about six nunataks in the western part of the Britannia Range, Antarctica. The group lies midway between Haven Mountain and Vantage Hill and extends east–west for . The nunataks rise to over , with local relief on the order of . They are named after Jerry W. Marty, who was involved in Antarctica from 1969, first as a construction worker at South Pole Station, and later, from 1995–2001, was engaged in on-site contract support to the Office
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