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358:. A nunatak 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) southwest of Mount Lanzerotti, rising to about 1,500 metres (4,900 ft). Named by US-ACAN in 1987 after Stephen B. Mende of the Lockheed Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, CA, a Principal Investigator in upper atmosphere research, including auroral studies, carried out at Siple Station and South Pole Station from 1973.
434:. A mountain rising to 1,700 metres (5,600 ft) high near the center of the Sky-Hi Nunataks. Named by US-ACAN after Paul E. Carrara, USGS geologist, a member of the USGS field party, 1977-78,.which carried out geological reconnaissance mapping of the area between Sky-Hi Nunataks and the Orville Coast. Carrara and two party members climbed the mountain in January 1978.
671:. A small nunatak, isolated except for Graser Nunatak 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) to the northeast, located 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) east of Sky-Hi Nunataks. Named in 1987 by US-ACAN after John A. Hinely, Jr., USGS civil engineer who, with William F. Graser, formed the USGS satellite surveying team at South Pole Station, winter party 1976.
633:. A nunatak which is isolated except for Hinely Nunatak 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) to the southeast, located 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) east of Sky-Hi Nunataks. Named in 1987 by US-ACAN after William F. Graser, USGS cartographer who, with John A. Hinely, formed the USGS satellite surveying team at South Pole Station, winter party 1976.
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320:. A nunatak lying west of Mount Mende. Named in 1987 by US-ACAN in reference to the whistler effect caused by amplitude change of radio signals in the upper atmosphere and in association with names of upper atmosphere researchers grouped in the area.
187:. Features, from west to east, include Doppler Nunatak, Whistler Nunatak, Mount Mende, Mount Lanzerotti, Mount Carrara, Kinter Nunatak, Bering Nunatak, Mount Cahill and Arnoldy Nunatak. Graser Nunatak and Hinley Nunatak are some distance to the east.
472:. The southernmost of the Sky-Hi Nunataks. Named by US-ACAN in 1987 after Paul M. Kinter, School of Electrical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, who carried out research at Siple Station on VLF wave emissions and interaction in 1980-81.
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548:. One of the Sky-Hi Nunataks in Ellsworth Land, rising to 1,755 metres (5,758 ft) high east-northeast of Mount Carrara. Named in 1987 by US-ACAN after Laurence J. Cahill, Jr., physicist,
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