Mount Kennett (67°3′S 65°10′W / 67.050°S 65.167°W) 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. [1] 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, Geophysicist [2][3] with the British Antarctic Survey Larsen Ice Shelf party, 1960–64.[2][4]
References
edit- ^ Alberts, Fred G. (1995). "Mount Kennett on Geographic Names of the Antarctic, page 388, edited by Fred G. Alberts".
- ^ a b "AD6-24-1-73". British Antarctic Survey Club. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
- ^ "List of recipients of the Polar Medal", Wikipedia, 2024-02-04, retrieved 2024-07-01
- ^ "Mount Kennett". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-04-26.
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