Mount Steele (Antarctica)

Mount Steele (Antarctica)

Mount Steele (coord|69|50|S|159|40|E|) is a mountain, 1,050 m, situated 7 km (4½ mi) east-northeast of Stevenson Bluff on the divide between Suvorov Glacier and Manna Glacier, in the Wilson Hills, Antarctica.

Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Carlett D. Steele, Chief Aviation Machinist's Mate of Squadron VX-6. Steele participated in several Deep Freeze operations between 1957 and 1968 as helicopter crewmember and maintenance supervisor.


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