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O'Neal Nunataks () is a small, linear group of
nunatak A nunatak (from Inuit ''nunataq'') is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They are also called glacial islands. Examples are natural pyramidal peaks. ...
s that mark the south end of
Bastien Range The Bastien Range () is an Antarctic mountain range of moderate height which extends in a NW-SE direction for about , flanking the SW side of Nimitz Glacier and the Sentinel Range, in the Ellsworth Mountains. Named by US-ACAN for Thomas W. Bast ...
, in the
Ellsworth Mountains The Ellsworth Mountains are the highest mountain ranges in Antarctica, forming a long and wide chain of mountains in a north to south configuration on the western margin of the Ronne Ice Shelf in Marie Byrd Land. They are bisected by Minnesota ...
. Named by the University of Minnesota geological parties to the Ellsworth Mountains for Jerry O'Neal, aerographer with these parties in 1963-64 and 1964–65. Nunataks of Ellsworth Land {{EllsworthLand-geo-stub