Mount Kaschak
Mount Kaschak is located in Antarctica
Mount Kaschak
Mount Kaschak
Highest point
Elevation1,580 m (5,180 ft)
Coordinates84°2′S 56°40′W / 84.033°S 56.667°W / -84.033; -56.667
Geography
LocationAntarctica Pensacola Mountains
Parent rangeNeptune 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 to 1966, 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, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-04-14.

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