It was first seen and mapped as an island in December 1893 by Captain Carl Anton Larsen, who named it after the Hertha, a ship which combined sealing and exploring activities along the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula under Captain Carl Julius Evensen in 1893–94.

It was determined to be a nunatak by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto Nordenskiöld during a sledge journey in 1902.

[1] [2][3] [4] [5] This article incorporates public domain material from "Hertha Nunatak".

United States Geological Survey.

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