Cordón Sikorsky
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 46 ′ S , 63 ° 27 ′ W | |
Cordón Sikorsky (in Argentina Cordón Namuncura ) is a mountain range on the Orville coast of the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises east of the Latady Mountains and northwest of Mount Austin on the west bank of Gardner Inlet .
Chilean scientists named him after the Vought-Sikorsky OS2U Kingfisher No. 308 of the Fuerza Aérea de Chile , which was carried on board the Angamos during the 1st Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1946–1947) and the first Chilean reconnaissance flight in with Lieutenant Arturo Parodi Alister the Antarctic undertook. The name giver of the Argentine name is apparently the Mapuche Zefyrinus Namuncurá (1886-1905), a blessed of the Don Bosco family .
Web links
- Sikorsky, Cordón in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)