Mount Kennett

Mount Kennett (67°3′S 65°10′W / 67.050°S 65.167°W / -67.050; -65.167Coordinates: 67°3′S 65°10′W / 67.050°S 65.167°W / -67.050; -65.167) is a distinctive snow and rock mountain, 1,360 metres (4,460 ft) high, between Quartermain Glacier and Fricker Glacier on the east side of Graham Land. Features on this coast were photographed by several American expeditions: United States Antarctic Service, 1939–41; Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947–48; U.S. Navy photos, 1968. The mountain was mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1947–48, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Peter Kennett, General Assistant with the British Antarctic Survey Larsen Ice Shelf party, 1963–64.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Kennett". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-04-26.

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