Mount Hartkopf
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 Map sheet with Mount Hartkopf (below, right of center) |
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| height | 1110 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ S , 140 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Hartkopf is a 1110 m high mountain in Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica . It rises 17.5 km southeast of Mount McCoy on the eastern flank of the upper section of the Land Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1959 to 1965. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1966 after Kenneth Walter Hartkopf (1921-1997), who became part of the United States in 1963 Antarctic Research Program worked as an ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station .
Web links
- Mount Hartkopf in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Hartkopf on geographic.org (English)