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510:. A narrow ridge, 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) long, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) southeast of Parkinson Peak in the Wilson Hills. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Commander Charles E. Axthelm, United States Navy, Flag Secretary to the Commander of the United States Naval Support Force, Antarctica, during Operation Deep Freeze 1969 and 1970; Executive Officer on the USS Glacier during Deep Freeze 1965 and 1966. 39: 345:. Glacier, nearly 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) long, draining northeast from Jones Nunatak in central Wilson Hills. The glacier turns northwest at Wegert Bluff and enters the lower part of Tomilin Glacier before the latter debouches into the sea. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Major Edmund P. Noll, USMC, Cargo Officer and LC-130 Aircraft Commander with United States Navy Squadron VX-6 during Operation Deep Freeze 1968. 392: 590:. A rock peak, 750 metres (2,460 ft) high, at the north end of the ridge overlooking the junction of the Walsh Glacier with the Tomilin Glacier, in the Wilson Hills. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant (j-g-) Peter W. Schmehl, United States Navy Reserve, Navigator in LC-130F Hercules aircraft during Operation Deep Freeze 1968. 434:. A ridge, 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) long, which is mainly ice free along the crest. It parallels the southeast side of Fergusson Glacier in the Wilson Hills. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant Commander Edward J. Feeney, United States Navy, Aircraft Commander (LC-130F Hercules) during Operation Deep Freeze 1968. 46: 666:. A steep bluff, 840 metres (2,760 ft) high, at the east end of Feeney Ridge in the Wilson Hills. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant (j.g.) Jon B. Clarke, United States Navy, Navigator on aerial photographic missions in LC-130F Hercules aircraft during Operation Deep Freeze 1967 and 1968. 472:. A prominent rock peak, 830 metres (2,720 ft) high, that surmounts the ridge along the north side of Fergusson Glacier, in the Wilson Hills. Mapped by USGS from surveys and US Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant Edward W. Serba, United States Navy, Navigator in LC-130F Hercules aircraft during Operation Deep Freeze 1967 and 1968. 628:. A bluff, the northeast extremity of a truncated ridge that overlooks the east margin of Noll Glacier in the Wilson Hills. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant Commander Sidney J. Wegert, United States Navy, pilot in LC-130F Hercules aircraft during Operation Deep Freeze 1967 and 1968. 936: 902: 961: 704:. A cluster of rocks at the west margin of Noll Glacier, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) south of Axthelm Ridge, in Wilson Hills. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-64. Named by US-ACAN for DeVere E. Burt, USARP biologist at Hallett Station, 1968-69. 383:. Tributary glacier that flows northeast between Serba Peak and Feeney Ridge into Noll Glacier, in the Wilson Hills. Named by the northern party of NZGSAE, 1963-64, after Sir Bernard Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand, who made a flight over the party during his visit to Antarctica. 251:
to enter the ocean in an ice tongue. It is joined from the southeast by Noll Glacier, which forms near Wegert Bluff and flows northwest past Clarke Bluff, where it is joined by Fergusson Glacier, past Burt Rocks and Axtberm Ridge before joining Tomilin Glacier at Parkinson Point.
548:. A pyramidal peak, 690 metres (2,260 ft) high, near the coast in the north-central Wilson Hills. It surmounts the north extremity of the ridge complex that is the divide between Tomilin and Noll Glaciers. Visited in March 1961 by an airborne field party from the 940: 906: 1102: 1152: 247:, and passing Feeney Ridge, Serba Peak, Axthelm Ridge and Parkinson Peak to the east. It is joined from the west by Walsh Glacier, just north of Schmehl Peak, and flows north past the 295:. Tributary glacier in the central part of Wilson Hills. It drains east-northeast along the south side of Goodman Hills to enter the lower part of Tomilin Glacier. Mapped by the 1072: 1067: 993: 549: 1236: 1147: 1112: 1021: 1016: 1178: 1142: 1077: 1117: 304: 1132: 1087: 986: 910: 300: 1229: 1127: 1122: 1092: 1052: 1037: 979: 38: 1157: 1137: 1042: 1002: 1057: 1264: 1222: 1162: 1107: 1062: 944: 296: 89: 1245: 1097: 1047: 1193: 1188: 1082: 82: 224: 227:
1958. It was named by the latter for Soviet polar aviator Mikhail N. Tomilin (1908-52), who perished in the Arctic.
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The Tomilin Glacier was photographed from aircraft of the United States Navy
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over 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) long, draining north from
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Index

Schmehl Peak
Map showing the location of
Outlet glacier
East Antarctica
Coordinates
69°30′S 159°0′E / 69.500°S 159.000°E / -69.500; 159.000
Southern Ocean
69°30′S 159°0′E / 69.500°S 159.000°E / -69.500; 159.000
glacier
Pope Mountain
Wilson Hills
Goodman Hills
Cape Kinsey
Operation Highjump
Soviet Antarctic Expedition
Wilson Hills
Governor Mountain
Pope Mountain
Goodman Hills
69°33′S 158°45′E / 69.550°S 158.750°E / -69.550; 158.750
United States Geological Survey
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
United States Antarctic Research Program
69°33′S 159°09′E / 69.550°S 159.150°E / -69.550; 159.150
69°38′S 159°10′E / 69.633°S 159.167°E / -69.633; 159.167

69°40′S 159°06′E / 69.667°S 159.100°E / -69.667; 159.100
69°37′S 159°03′E / 69.617°S 159.050°E / -69.617; 159.050
69°33′S 159°02′E / 69.550°S 159.033°E / -69.550; 159.033
69°33′S 159°00′E / 69.550°S 159.000°E / -69.550; 159.000

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