geo.wikisort.org - MontagneIl Monte Kenney (in lingua inglese: Mount Kenney) è una ripida vetta antartica, alta 2.030 m, nei Cathedral Peaks, situato 6 km a est del Ghiacciaio Shackleton e 19 km a nordovest del Monte Wade, nelle Prince Olav Mountains, catena montuosa che fa parte dei Monti della Regina Maud, in Antartide.
Fu scoperto e fotografato nel corso dell'Operazione Highjump (1946-47) della U.S. Navy.
La denominazione è stata assegnata dall'Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in onore del luogotenente Leroy S. Kenney dell'United States Marine Corps Reserve, pilota di aerei e elicotteri dello Squadron VX-6 durante l'Operazione Deep Freeze.[1]
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- (EN) Mount Kenney, in Geographic Names Information System, USGS.
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[de] Mount Kenney
Mount Kenney ist ein 2030 m hoher und scharfgratiger Berggipfel in der antarktischen Ross Dependency. Er ragt 5 km östlich des Shackleton-Gletschers und 16 km nordwestlich des Mount Wade in den Prince Olav Mountains auf.
[en] Mount Kenney
Mount Kenney (.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}84°44′S 175°28′W) is a sharp summit, 2,030 metres (6,660 ft) high, in the Cathedral Peaks, rising 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of Shackleton Glacier and 10 nautical miles (19 km) northwest of Mount Wade, in the Prince Olav Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered and photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Leroy S. Kenney of the United States Marine Corps Reserve, a helicopter and airplane pilot with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 during Operation Deep Freeze.[1]
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