Mount Jiracek is a mountain, 2,430 metres (7,970 ft) high, rising at the west side of the head of Tinker Glacier, in the Southern Cross Mountains 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 George R. Jiracek, a geophysicist at McMurdo Station in 1964–65.[1]
Mount Jiracek | |
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Borchgrevink Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,900 m (9,500 ft) |
Coordinates | 73°46′S 163°56′E |
Geography | |
Location | Borchgrevink Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica |
Parent range | Southern Cross Mountains, Tinker Glacier |
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Jiracek, Mount". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
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