Mount Picciotto (83°46′S 163°0′E / 83.767°S 163.000°E) is a prominent, mainly ice-free mountain, 2,560 m, surmounting the northeast end of Painted Cliffs on Prince Andrew Plateau, Queen Elizabeth Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Edgard E. Picciotto, glaciologist at South Pole Station, 1962–63; South Pole—Queen Maud Land Traverse I and II, 1964–65 and 1965–66.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Mount Picciotto". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.