Wilhoite Nunataks

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Wilhoite Nunataks (

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81°39′S 154°55′E / 81.650°S 154.917°E / -81.650; 154.917Coordinates: 81°39′S 154°55′E / 81.650°S 154.917°E / -81.650; 154.917) is a group of dark rock nunataks near the polar plateau, about 12 nautical miles (22 km) southwest of All-Blacks Nunataks. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after the USS ocean station in support of aircraft flights between New Zealand and Antarctica in U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze 1961.

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