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Christensen Nunatak
Christensen
Nunatak
is a
nunatak
north
of
Robertson Island
in the
Seal Nunataks
group, off the
east coast
of
the Antarctic
Peninsula
. It was
discovered
in
1893
by a
Norwegian
expedition
under C.A.
Larsen
, who named it for
Christen Christensen
of
Sandefjord, Norway
, a pioneer of
modern
Antarctic
whaling
. It was surveyed in
1902
by the
Swedish Antarctic Expedition
under
Otto Nordenskiöld
, and in
1947
and 1953 by the
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
.