Kreiling Mesa
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Kreiling Mesa is a distinctive, partially ice-covered mesa at the south side of the mouth of Argosy Glacier
in the Miller Range
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for Lee W. Kreiling, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) traverse engineer at NAF McMurdo
, winter 1961, Ellsworth Land Traverse, 1961–62, and Roosevelt Island
, 1962-63.
Argosy Glacier
Argosy Glacier is a glacier about long, flowing east through Miller Range to enter Marsh Glacier north of Kreiling Mesa. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition ....
in the Miller Range
Miller Range
The Miller Range is a mountain range extending south from Nimrod Glacier for along the western edge of the Marsh Glacier in Antarctica. Named for J.H. "Bob" Miller, a member of the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition who, with G.W. Marsh, mapped this area....
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for Lee W. Kreiling, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) traverse engineer at NAF McMurdo
McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is a U.S. Antarctic research center located on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National...
, winter 1961, Ellsworth Land Traverse, 1961–62, and Roosevelt Island
Roosevelt Island
Roosevelt Island, known as Welfare Island from 1921 to 1973, and before that Blackwell's Island, is a narrow island in the East River of New York City. It lies between the island of Manhattan to its west and the borough of Queens to its east...
, 1962-63.