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The Reedy Glacier is a major glacier in Antarctica, over 100 nautical miles long and 6 to 12 nautical miles wide, descending from the polar plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf between the Michigan Plateau and Wisconsin Range in the Transantarctic Mountains. It marks the limits of the Queen Maud Mountains on the west and the Horlick Mountains on the east.
The Behrendt Mountains is a group of mountains, 20 nautical miles long, aligned in the form of a horseshoe with the opening to the southwest, standing 7 nautical miles southwest of the Merrick Mountains in Ellsworth Land, Antarctica.
The Merrick Mountains are a cluster of mountains, 8 nautical miles long, standing 7 nautical miles northeast of the Behrendt Mountains in Ellsworth Land, Antarctica.
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The Braddock Nunataks are a group of prominent nunataks located inland from Bertram Glacier and 9 nautical miles (17 km) southeast of Perseus Crags on the west margin of the Dyer Plateau, in Palmer Land. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey in 1974, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Robert L. Braddock, Jr., CEC, U.S. Navy, Officer-in-Charge of the South Pole Station in 1974.
Cabrera Nunatak is a nunatak 6.5 nautical miles (12 km) northeast of Putzke Peak in the McCuddin Mountains, Marie Byrd Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Quirino Cabrera, a U.S. Navy Construction Mechanic at Byrd Station, 1966 and 1969.
Wallace Rock is a rock outcrop 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of Peter Nunatak at the southeast extremity of the McCuddin Mountains, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–69. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for James W. Wallace, UTC, U.S. Navy, Chief Utilitiesman at South Pole Station in 1965 and 1969.
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Crummey Nunatak is a linear rock nunatak, 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) long, at the northeast end of the Gutenko Nunataks in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. It was first mapped by the United States Antarctic Service, 1939–41, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Glen T. Crummey, U.S. Navy, a Construction Electrician at Byrd Station, 1967.
The Dana Mountains are a group of mountains just northwest of New Bedford Inlet, bounded by Mosby Glacier on the north and Haines Glacier and Meinardus Glacier on the south, in Palmer Land, Antarctica.
Peter Nunatak is a prominent, conical nunatak standing 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Mount Petras at the south extremity of the McCuddin Mountains, in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Captain Peter J. Anderson, United States Air Force (USAF), Technical Editor, History and Research Division, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, during Operation Deep Freeze 1971 and 1972.
Downs Nunatak is a nunatak rising to 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) between the Garcie Peaks and Webb Peak, Crescent Scarp, in northwest Palmer Land. The nunatak was photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service, 1940, the U.S. Navy, 1966, and was surveyed by the British Antarctic Survey, 1970–73. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Bobby G. Downs, a U.S. Navy cook at Palmer Station, winter party 1968.
The Erven Nunataks are a small nunatak group located 7.5 nautical miles (14 km) northeast of Putzke Peak in the McCuddin Mountains of Marie Byrd Land in Antarctica.They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos between 1959 and 1965. They were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Raymond D. Erven, a United States Antarctic Research Program meteorologist at Byrd Station in 1964.
Faulkner Nunatak is a distinctive nunatak, about 200 metres (660 ft) high, just west of Beagle Peak and 9.5 km west by south of Mount Devol in the Lassus Mountains, in the northwest part of Alexander Island, Antarctica. The feature appears in U.S. Navy aerial photographs obtained in 1966. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Harold T. Faulkner, U.S. Navy, Leading Chief of Squadron VXE-6 Photo Division on Operation Deep Freeze, 1969.
The Meknattane Nunataks are a cluster of rock outcrops on the east side of Polarforschung Glacier, Antarctica, where it flows to Publications Ice Shelf. The feature consists of a massive ridge with broken outcrops to the south and east. It was mapped from air photos by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936) and named "Meknattane". The nunataks were also photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47), and the geology of the feature was investigated by I.R. McLeod, geologist with the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions Prince Charles Mountains survey party in January 1969.
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The Heverley Nunataks are small, relatively isolated nunataks protruding through the ice 14 nautical miles (26 km) northeast of the summit of Mount Flint in the McCuddin Mountains of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–69, and were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Harry W. Heverley, a U.S. Navy builder who was a member of the winter party at South Pole Station in 1971, and at McMurdo Station in 1962 and 1966.
The Marion Nunataks are a small group of nunataks rising to about 600 m (2,000 ft) on Charcot Island, in the eastern Bellinghausen Sea of Antarctica. They form a 12 km chain of rocky outcrops on the mid-north coast of the island, stretching from Mount Monique at the western end to Mount Martine in the east.
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- ↑ "Gallen Nunatak". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2012-04-16.
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