Yingling Nunatak () is a rocky
nunatak just southward of the
Windmill Islands, lying 0.8 miles (1.3 km) southeast of
Goldenberg Ridge in the east part of
Browning Peninsula. First mapped from air photos taken by
U.S. Navy Operation Highjump and
Operation Windmill
Operation Windmill (OpWml) was the United States Navy's Second Antarctica Developments Project, an exploration and training mission to Antarctica in 1947–1948. This operation was a follow-up to the First Antarctica Development Project known as O ...
in 1947 and 1948. Named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for
David L. Yingling, meteorologist and member of the
Wilkes Station
Wilkes Station was an Antarctic research station established 29 January 1957 by the United States as one of seven U.S. stations established for the International Geophysical Year (IGY) program in Antarctica. It was taken over by Australia o ...
party of 1960.
Nunataks of Wilkes Land
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