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Lepley Nunatak

Coordinate: S 73.1111, W 90.2992

Transportation: Twin Otter/Basler

Closest operations HUB: 760km to ALE Union Glacier Camp

GPS Station ID: LPLY

Installed: 2011-2012 season

Former Projects: WAGN

Former Names: W16A

 

 

Seismic Station ID: LPLY

Installed: 2018-2019 season

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A small conspicuous rocky nunatak 2 mi SW of Dentler Island, lying near the inner part and E end of Abbot Ice Shelf. First sighted on Feb. 9, 1961 from helicopters of the USS Larry K. Lepley, oceanographer of the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office, who with three others was marooned at this nunatak, Feb. 12-15, 1961, by a severe wind and snowstorm (https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=127953).