Milles Nunatak

Milles Nunatak (70°55′S 160°6′E) is a nunatak lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Howell Peak on the north end of the Daniels Range, in the Usarp Mountains of Victoria Land in West Antarctica. It has an elevation of approximately 5,250 feet (1,600 m) above mean sea level and overlooks the south flank of Harlin Glacier. Milles Nunatak was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1960–62, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for David Bruce Milles, a U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biological laboratory manager at McMurdo Station in 1967–68. Milles was a student in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Minnesota, and was employed under a National Science Foundation contract to maintain and manage the USARP's Earth Science and Biology laboratories at McMurdo Station.[1][2]

References
  1. "Milles Nunatak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-02-03. Retrieved 2012-10-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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