Mount Kendrick

Mount Kendrick (86°22′S 156°40′W / 86.367°S 156.667°W / -86.367; -156.667Coordinates: 86°22′S 156°40′W / 86.367°S 156.667°W / -86.367; -156.667) is a massive ice-covered mountain, 3,610 metres (11,840 ft) high, surmounting the east side of the Nilsen Plateau at the head of Bartlett Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain H.E. Kendrick, Operations Officer on the staff of the Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, in U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze 1967.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Kendrick". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-04-25.

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