Mount Gorecki

Mount Gorecki
Mount Gorecki
Highest point
Elevation 1,110 m (3,640 ft)
Coordinates 83°20′S 57°35′W / 83.333°S 57.583°W / -83.333; -57.583Coordinates: 83°20′S 57°35′W / 83.333°S 57.583°W / -83.333; -57.583 
Geography
Location Antarctica Pensacola Mountains
Parent range Neptune Range

Mount Gorecki is a mountain in Antarctica. It is 1,110 metres (3,640 ft) high and lies at the southeastern extremity of the Schmidt Hills in the Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains. It was discovered and photographed on January 13, 1956 on a U.S. Navy transcontinental non-stop plane flight from McMurdo Sound to the Weddell Sea and back, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for aviation electronics technician Francis Gorecki, the radioman of the P2V-2N Neptune aircraft making the flight.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Gorecki, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-30.

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