It was named by Jackie Ronne, expedition member and newspaper correspondent, for John N. Wheeler, president of the North American Newspaper Alliance and a contributor to the expedition.
When he died on October 13, 1973, in Ridgefield, Connecticut, at the age of 87, his obituary in the Ridgefield Press described him as one who "never quit newspapering, permanently, until his death." Cape Wheeler in Antarctica was named for him.
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