Gora Kastanaeva

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Gora Kastanaeva
location Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica
Coordinates 76 ° 1 ′ 0 ″  S , 140 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 76 ° 1 ′ 0 ″  S , 140 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  W
Gora Kastanaeva (Antarctica)
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Gora Kastanaeva ( English transcription from Russian Го́ра Кастанаева Gora Kastanajewa ) is a mountain or nunatak in Marie-Byrd Land in West Antarctica .

Russian scientists named him. It is named after the Soviet test pilot Nikolai Gregorjewitsch Kastanajew (1904–1937).

The geographical coordinates of this object coincide almost exactly with those of Milan Rock , so it is probably not a separate entity.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 838 (English).