Gora Izvestija

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Gora Izvestija
location Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica
Mountains Prince Charles Mountains
Coordinates 70 ° 32 ′ 0 ″  S , 67 ° 11 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 70 ° 32 ′ 0 ″  S , 67 ° 11 ′ 0 ″  E
Gora Izvestija (Antarctica)
Gora Izvestija
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Gora Izvestija ( English transcription from Russian Гора Известия Gora Izvestija ) is a hill in the East Antarctic Mac-Robertson Land . In the Aramis Range of the Prince Charles Mountains, it rises in the White Massif .

Scientists on a Soviet Antarctic expedition mapped it in 1956. Russian scientists named it. The further naming background has not been passed down. A possible namesake is the Russian daily Izvestia ( Russian for news ).

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