Mount Gorecki
Mount Gorecki is located in Antarctica
Mount Gorecki
Mount Gorecki
Highest point
Elevation1,110 m (3,640 ft)
Coordinates83°20′S 57°35′W / 83.333°S 57.583°W / -83.333; -57.583
Geography
LocationAntarctica Pensacola Mountains
Parent rangeNeptune 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, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-04-30.

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