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41: 34: 352:. A mountain (1,960 m) in the north-central part of Emlen Peaks, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Killer Nunatak. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63. Named by US-ACAN for Alien N. Cox, ADJ2, USN, crew chief in R4D (Skytrain) aircraft during 1962–63 in support of the USGS Topo East-West survey. Cox returned to the Antarctic in the 1963–64 and 1964–65 seasons. 466:. A mostly ice-free mountain (2,000 m) located 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Killer Nunatak in the south portion of Emlen Peaks, Usarp Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63. Named by US-AC AN for Michael J. Phelan, geomagnetist/seismologist at South Pole Station, 1962; a member of the Byrd Traverse, 1963–64. 633: 390:. A nunatak 2.5 mi W of Mount Cox in the northwest portion of Emlen Peaks in the Usarp Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63. Named by US-ACAN for Walter H. Dodd of the Public Information Office, National Science Foundation, who worked at McMurdo Station in the 1966–67 and 1967-68 austral summers. 266: 260: 504:. A small nunatak that lies 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Mount Phelen and marks the south extremity of the Emlen Peaks in the Usarp Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–64. Named by US-ACAN for Charles M. Heuser, biolab technician at McMurdo Station, 1966–67. 314:. A nunatak near the north extremity of Emlen Peaks, 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Mount Cox, in the Usarp Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63. Named by US-ACAN for James M. Burris, assistant to the USARP representative at McMurdo Station, 1967–68. 428:. A granite nunatak (2,080 m) near the center of the Emlen Peaks, 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Mount Phelen, in the Usarp Mountains. Named by the northern party of the NZGSAE, 1963–64, for its distinctive outline resembling the dorsal fin of a killer whale. 248:. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63. Named by US-ACAN for biologist J. Linsley Gressitt, Program Director who made biological studies, particularly in the Ross Sea area, in six austral summers, 1959–60 to 1965–66. 637: 658: 641: 33: 168: 160: 107: 67: 60: 476: 438: 400: 362: 324: 286: 208: 265: 259: 172: 164: 139:, 16 miles (26 km) long and 7 miles (11 km) wide. It is 6 miles (9.7 km) south of 201: 241: 144: 245: 180: 652: 237: 184: 148: 140: 615: 491: 478: 453: 440: 415: 402: 377: 364: 339: 326: 301: 288: 223: 210: 122: 109: 82: 69: 240:
and Emlen Peaks in the Usarp Mountains and flowing northeast to enter the
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Emlen Peaks is located in Antarctica
Range coordinates
71°54′S 160°35′E / 71.900°S 160.583°E / -71.900; 160.583
71°54′S 160°35′E / 71.900°S 160.583°E / -71.900; 160.583
nunataks
Daniels Range
Usarp Mountains
Victoria Land
United States Geological Survey
United States Navy
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
University of Wisconsin
penguin
Ross Ice Shelf
Victoria Land
Gressitt Glacier
71°30′S 161°15′E / 71.500°S 161.250°E / -71.500; 161.250
Daniels Range
Rennick Glacier
Morozumi Range


71°47′S 160°27′E / 71.783°S 160.450°E / -71.783; 160.450
71°50′S 160°32′E / 71.833°S 160.533°E / -71.833; 160.533
71°50′S 160°24′E / 71.833°S 160.400°E / -71.833; 160.400
71°54′S 160°28′E / 71.900°S 160.467°E / -71.900; 160.467
71°59′S 160°37′E / 71.983°S 160.617°E / -71.983; 160.617
72°02′S 160°38′E / 72.033°S 160.633°E / -72.033; 160.633

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