Gora Pronchishcheva
| Gora Pronchishcheva | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Charles Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ S , 65 ° 16 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Gora Pronchishcheva ( English transcription from Russian Гора Прончищева Gora Prontschishchewa , German 'Prontschishchev-Berg' ) is a mountain in the East Antarctic Mac-Robertson Land . It rises 5 km southeast of Mount Kirkby in the Porthos Range of the Prince Charles Mountains .
Russian scientists named him. The namesake is not known. Probable namesake is the Russian explorer and polar explorer Wassili Wassiljewitsch Prontschishschew (1702–1736).
Web links
- Pronchishcheva, gora in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)