Mount Cowart

Mount Cowart
Mount Cowart

Antarctica Pensacola Mountains

Highest point
Elevation 1,245 m (4,085 ft)
Coordinates 83°42′S 56°9′W / 83.700°S 56.150°W / -83.700; -56.150Coordinates: 83°42′S 56°9′W / 83.700°S 56.150°W / -83.700; -56.150
Geography
Location Antarctica Pensacola Mountains
Parent range Neptune Range

Mount Cowart is a peak in Antarctica, 1,245 metres (4,085 ft) high, midway along Gale Ridge in the Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and air photos, 1956–66, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Master Sergeant Ray J. Cowart of the United States Air Force, a flight engineer and member of the Electronic Test Unit in the Pensacola Mountains during the summer of 1957–58.

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