Schloredt Nunatak
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Schloredt Nunatak is a nunatak
Nunatak
A nunatak is an exposed, often rocky element of a ridge, mountain, or peak not covered with ice or snow within an ice field or glacier. The term is typically used in areas where a permanent ice sheet is present...

 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Bleclic Peaks
Bleclic Peaks
Bleclic Peaks are two peaks near the southern end of the north-south trending Perry Range in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65, they were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for John P. Bleclic, AGC,...

, at the south extremity of the Perry Range
Perry Range
Perry Range is a narrow range of mountains, 6 nautical miles long, separating the lower ends of Venzke Glacier and Berry Glacier where they enter Getz Ice Shelf, on the coast of Marie Byrd Land. The range was discovered and photographed from aircraft of the U.S. Antarctic Service in December...

 in Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land is the portion of West Antarctica lying east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and south of the Pacific Ocean, extending eastward approximately to a line between the head of the Ross Ice Shelf and Eights Coast. It stretches between 158°W and 103°24'W...

. Mapped by United States Geological Survey
United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...

 (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. 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 Jerry L. Schloredt, Chief Construction Electrician, U.S. Navy, who served as Nuclear Power Plant Operator with the Naval Nuclear Power Unit at McMurdo Station
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...

, 1966, 1967 and 1969.
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