Hinely Nunatak (74°56′S 70°15′W / 74.933°S 70.250°W / -74.933; -70.250) is a small nunatak, isolated except for Graser Nunatak 1 nautical mile (2 km) to the northeast, located 16 nautical miles (30 km) east of the Sky-Hi Nunataks in Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was named in 1987 by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after John A. Hinely, Jr., a United States Geological Survey (USGS) civil engineer who, with William F. Graser, formed the USGS satellite surveying team at South Pole Station, winter party 1976.[1]

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  1. ↑ "Hinely Nunatak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 17 June 2012.

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