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Glacier, 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) west-northwest of Miller Point. The mountain was photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service on September 28, 1940. It was the subject of geological investigation by A.G. Fraser of BAS in 1961. Named by UK-APC
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Glacier. Photographed from the air by RARE on December 22, 1947. Surveyed by FIDS in November 1960. The name derives from the important sun fix for latitude which was observed by FIDS at the head of this glacier, an area where cloud seldom allows such observation.
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to the south. The Athene
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Glacier. The nunatak was photographed from the air by Sir Hubert Wilkins on December 20, 1928, and was first mapped from these photos by
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