Abele Nunatak
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Abele Nunatak () is a nunatak lying 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Hutcheson Nunataks at the head of Balchen Glacier, in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped from surveys by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Navy air photos (1959-65). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for C.A. Abele, Jr., a member of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1933-35).
This article incorporates text from Abele Nunatak, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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