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==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1960–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Major Robert Dendtler, United States Army, coordinating officer on the staff of the Commander, U.S. Navy Support Force, [[Antarctica]], during Operation Deep Freeze 1967 and 1968. | It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1960–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Major Robert Dendtler, United States Army, coordinating officer on the staff of the Commander, U.S. Navy Support Force, [[Antarctica]], during [[Operation Deep Freeze]] 1967 and 1968. | ||
==Peerage title== | ==Peerage title== | ||