Mount Kohler

Mount Kohler (77°17′S 145°35′W / 77.283°S 145.583°W / -77.283; -145.583Coordinates: 77°17′S 145°35′W / 77.283°S 145.583°W / -77.283; -145.583) is a mountain, 480 metres (1,570 ft) high, on the south side of Boyd Glacier located 4 nautical miles (7 km) east of Mount Woodward in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by a 1939–41 United States Antarctic Service expedition led by Richard Evelyn Byrd, and was named for Herbert V. Kohler, Jr. and Ruth DeYoung Kohler II, son and daughter of Herbert V. Kohler, a financial contributor to the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933–35.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Kohler". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-05-13.

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