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==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
The nunatak was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos taken during the years 1959–65. Lambert Nunatak was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names for Paul A. Lambert, U.S. Navy, Senior Quartermaster on the [[USS Glacier|USS ''Glacier'']] (AGB-4) during the 1961–62 research season. A 1967 biological survey of [[Marie Byrd Land]] discovered [[lichen]]s on the nunatak. A sample was collected by the research team and brought back to the United States for further study. | The nunatak was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos taken during the years 1959–65. Lambert Nunatak was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names for Paul A. Lambert, U.S. Navy, Senior Quartermaster on the [[USS Glacier|USS ''Glacier'']] (AGB-4) during the 1961–62 research season. | ||
==Biology== | |||
A 1967 biological survey of [[Marie Byrd Land]] discovered [[lichen]]s on the nunatak. A sample was collected by the research team and brought back to the United States for further study. | |||
==Peerage title== | ==Peerage title== | ||