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The '''[[Fallone Nunataks]]''' are a chain of [[nunatak]]s 10 nautical miles (19 km) long, located 10 nautical miles northeast of the [[Harold Byrd Mountains]], between the edge of the [[Ross Ice Shelf]] and the [[Watson Escarpment]]. They were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Paul R. Fallone, Jr., [[U.S. Navy]], aide to the Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, [[Antarctica]], 1962.
The '''[[Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station]]''' is a United States scientific research station at the [[South Pole]], the southernmost place on the Earth. The station is located on the high plateau of [[Antarctica]] at an elevation of 2,835 meters (9,301 feet) above sea level and is administered by the Division of Polar Programs within the National Science Foundation under the United States Antarctic Program (USAP).


On 20 August 2019, the [[Peerage of Westarctica|peerage title]] Baroness Fallone was granted to [[Baroness Fallone|Dame Kim Bryan]] in recognition of her excellent service as [[Honorary Consular Corps|Consul to the United Kingdom]], and her success as a delegate at the [[2019 GUM Summit]]. Her wife, Barbara Bryan, was given the [[courtesy title]] Baronetess Fallone.


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The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is a United States scientific research station at the South Pole, the southernmost place on the Earth. The station is located on the high plateau of Antarctica at an elevation of 2,835 meters (9,301 feet) above sea level and is administered by the Division of Polar Programs within the National Science Foundation under the United States Antarctic Program (USAP).


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