Mount Kaschak

Mount Kaschak
Mount Kaschak

Antarctica Pensacola Mountains

Highest point
Elevation 1,580 m (5,180 ft)
Coordinates 84°2′S 56°40′W / 84.033°S 56.667°W / -84.033; -56.667Coordinates: 84°2′S 56°40′W / 84.033°S 56.667°W / -84.033; -56.667
Geography
Location Antarctica Pensacola Mountains
Parent range Neptune Range

Mount Kaschak is a peak, 1,580 metres (5,200 ft) high, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of Gambacorta Peak in the southern Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. It was mapped from United States Geological Survey surveys and U.S. Navy air photos from 1956–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for John P. Kaschak, an aviation machinist at Ellsworth Station during the winter of 1958.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Kaschak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-04-14.

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