Mount Borcik
| Mount Borcik | ||
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| height | 2780 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Hays Mountains , Queen Maud Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 86 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ S , 153 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Borcik is a prominent mountain of 2780 m in the Queen Maud Mountains of the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises 7 km north-northwest of Mount Dietz in the southern part of the Hays Mountains .
The area was mapped by surveying the United States Geological Survey and using aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the mountain after Lieutenant Commander Andrew J. Borcik (1931-1999), Navy pilot for taking aerial photographs during Operation Deep Freeze between 1965 and 1967.
Web links
- Mount Borcik in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Borcik on geographic.org (English)