Mount Steele (Antarctica)
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Mount Steele () 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.
This article incorporates text from Mount Steele (Antarctica), 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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