page_title: Lyon Nunataks
hierarchical_section_title: Lyon Nunataks
caption_attribution_description: English: 1:250,000-scale topographic reconnaissance map of the Lyon Nunataks area from 72°-76°30'W to 74°-75°S in Antarctica. Mapped, edited and published by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the National Science Foundation.
context_page_description: The Lyon Nunataks are a group of nunataks lying west of the Grossman Nunataks and 30 nautical miles northwest of the Behrendt Mountains, in Palmer Land, Antarctica. They include Grossenbacher Nunatak, Holtet Nunatak, Christoph Nunatak and Isakson Nunatak. The group was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961–67, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Owen R. Lyon, hospital corpsman, U.S. Navy, chief petty officer in charge of Eights Station in 1965.
context_section_description: The Lyon Nunataks (74°50′S 73°50′W) are a group of nunataks lying west of the Grossman Nunataks and 30 nautical miles (56 km) northwest of the Behrendt Mountains, in Palmer Land, Antarctica. They include Grossenbacher Nunatak, Holtet Nunatak, Christoph Nunatak and Isakson Nunatak. The group was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961–67, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Owen R. Lyon, hospital corpsman, U.S. Navy, chief petty officer in charge of Eights Station in 1965.
caption: 1:250,000 scale topographic map of the Lyon Nunataks.
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