Kosco Peak
| Kosco Peak | ||
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| height | 1650 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Heritage Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ S , 83 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Kosco Peak is a 1650 m high, striking and rocky mountain in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the Heritage Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, it looms between the Drake Icefall and the Hyde Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1961 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after the topography engineer William J. Kosco, who worked for the United States Geological from 1952 to 1983 Survey, where from 1975 to 1983 he headed the department for polar research programs including the creation of maps over Antarctica .
Web links
- Kosco Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kosco Peak on geographic.org (English)