Kelley Nunatak
| Kelley Nunatak | ||
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 Topographic map with the Kelley Nunatak north of the Leverett Glacier (center) |
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ S , 146 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Kelley nunatak is a nunatak in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . In the Queen Maud Mountains, it rises 19 km northeast of Mount Gould on the northern flank of the Leverett Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1963. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Herbert O. Kelley, radio operator at Byrd Station in the Antarctic winter of 1958.
Web links
- Kelley Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kelley Nunatak on geographic.org (English)