Mount Kosko

Mount Kosko (79°9′S 159°33′E / 79.150°S 159.550°E / -79.150; 159.550Coordinates: 79°9′S 159°33′E / 79.150°S 159.550°E / -79.150; 159.550) is a peak, 1,795 metres (5,890 ft) high, standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Mount Keltie in the Conway Range of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from tellurometer surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–63, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Arno Kosko, an ionosphere scientist at Byrd Station, 1963.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Kosko". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-05-16.

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