Mount Feldkotter

Mount Feldkotter
Mount Feldkotter
Highest point
Elevation 1,510 m (4,950 ft)
Coordinates 84°6′S 56°6′W / 84.100°S 56.100°W / -84.100; -56.100Coordinates: 84°6′S 56°6′W / 84.100°S 56.100°W / -84.100; -56.100 
Geography
Location Antarctica Pensacola Mountains
Parent range Neptune Range

Mount Feldkotter is a mountain in Antarctica, 1,510 metres (4,950 ft) high, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) south of Gambacorta Peak in the southern Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Henry H.J. Feldkotter, an aviation electrician at Ellsworth Station during the winter of 1958.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Feldkotter, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-03-19.

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