Mount Mankinen

Mount Mankinen (73°54′S 163°6′E) is a mountain, 2,910 metres (9,550 ft) high, situated 2 nautical miles (4 km) northeast of Mount Adamson in the Deep Freeze Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Edward A. Mankinen, a geologist at McMurdo Station, 1965–66.[1]

References
  1. "Mount Mankinen". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-08-01.

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