Higgins Nunatak

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Higgins Nunatak is the highest of Samuel nunataks. It lies at the southern end of this Nunatak group in the West Antarctic Heritage Range.

Higgins Nunatak was mapped by the United States Geological Survey as part of the compilation of Ellsworthgebirges in the years 1961-66 by site surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy. Was named the Summit of Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names by John C. Higgins, a supply technician in the U.S. Navy and a member of the McMurdo Station during Operation Deep Freeze expedition, 1966.