title: Mirfak Nunatak
text: # Mirfak Nunatak
  
  Mirfak Nunatak (81°58′S 156°5′E﻿ / ﻿81.967°S 156.083°E﻿ / -81.967; 156.083) is a nunatak near the Antarctic polar plateau, 10 nautical miles (19 km) southwest of Vance Bluff. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after the USNS Mirfak, a cargo vessel in the U.S. convoy to McMurdo Sound in Operation Deep Freeze 1963.
  
  