Mount Coulter

Mount Coulter
Mount Coulter
Highest point
Elevation 1,000 metres (3,300 ft)
Coordinates 83°17′S 58°2′W / 83.283°S 58.033°W / -83.283; -58.033Coordinates: 83°17′S 58°2′W / 83.283°S 58.033°W / -83.283; -58.033 
Geography
Location Antarctica Pensacola Mountains
Parent range Neptune Range

Mount Coulter is a mountain in Antarctica, 3 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of Mount Gorecki in the Schmidt Hills portion of the Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains in Antarctica. 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 LeRoy G. Coulter, a chief construction driver at Ellsworth Station in the winter of 1958.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Coulter, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-11-29.

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