Lepley Nunatak

Lepley Nunatak (73°7′S 90°19′W) is a small yet conspicuous rocky nunatak 2 nautical miles (4 km) southwest of Dendtler Island, near the inner part and eastern end of the Abbot Ice Shelf, Antarctica. It was first sighted on February 9, 1961 from helicopters of the USS Glacier (AGB-4) and USS Staten Island (AGB-5) and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Larry K. Lepley, an oceanographer of the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office, who with three others was marooned at this nunatak in February 1961 by a severe wind- and snowstorm.[1][2]

References
  1. "Lepley Nunatak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
  2. Alberts, Fred G., ed. (June 1995). Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (second ed.). United States Board on Geographic Names. p. 429. Retrieved 2012-04-05.

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