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==Exploration== | ==Exploration== | ||
It was first sighted on 9 February 1961 from helicopters of the USS ''Glacier'' (AGB-4) and USS ''Staten Island'' (AGB-5). While the three-person field survey team was exploring surrounding area, they became trapped on the ground by severe winds and heavy snowfall causing total whiteout conditions. The team sheltered in place at the nunatak until the storm blew over, and it was later named for Larry Lepley, one of the members of the team. | It was first sighted on 9 February 1961 from helicopters of the [[USS Glacier|USS ''Glacier'']] (AGB-4) and USS ''Staten Island'' (AGB-5). While the three-person field survey team was exploring surrounding area, they became trapped on the ground by severe winds and heavy snowfall causing total whiteout conditions. The team sheltered in place at the nunatak until the storm blew over, and it was later named for Larry Lepley, one of the members of the team. | ||
===POLENET Monitoring=== | ===POLENET Monitoring=== | ||
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[[File:Lepley Nunatak.jpg|thumb|center|800px|GPS monitoring station at Lepley Nunatak]] | [[File:Lepley Nunatak.jpg|thumb|center|800px|GPS monitoring station at Lepley Nunatak]] | ||
==Noble title== | |||
As part of the [[20th Anniversary Honors and Appointments]] celebrating [[Westarctica]]'s 20 years of sovereignty, Chief Justice [[Christine McPhee]] of the [[Grand Ducal Court]] was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica|peerage title]] Countess of Lepley. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||