Skelly Peak

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Skelly Peak is a 1450 m high peaks of the Watlack Hills in the West Antarctic Heritage Range. It lies at the end of a spur on the northeastern end of the formation.

Skelly peak was mapped by United States Geological Survey as part of the compilation of Ellsworthgebirges in the years 1961-66 by site surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy. The U.S. Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the summit after Donald J. Skelly, Hospital Corpsman of the United States Navy, the Chief Petty Officer, U.S. Antarctic Research Station Palmer Station initiated in 1966.