Milles Nunatak
| Milles Nunatak | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Daniels Range , Usarp Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Milles Nunatak is a nunatak in East Antarctica, Victoria Land . In the Usarp Mountains it rises 5 km northeast of Howell Peak at the northern end of the Daniels Range .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and using aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1962. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1970 after David B. Milles, who was part of the United States Antarctic Research Program from 1967 to 1968 worked as a laboratory assistant on the McMurdo station .
Web links
- Milles Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Milles Nunatak on geographic.org (English)