The exact site was originally planned for Cape Adams, but when the terrain proved impractical due to huge ice cliffs, an alternate location in Gould Bay was selected.
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It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–66, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Nolan B. Aughenbaugh, a glaciologist at Ellsworth Station and a member of the first party to visit Dufek Massif in December 1957.