Mount Kenney
| Mount Kenney | ||
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| height | 2030 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Olav Mountains , Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ S , 175 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Kenney is a 2030 m high and sharp-rimmed mountain peak in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises 3 miles east of Shackleton Glacier and 10 miles northwest of Mount Wade in the Prince Olav Mountains .
Participants in Operation Highjump (1946–1947) discovered and photographed him. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him 1962 by Leroy S. Kenney, reserve lieutenant of the US Marine Corps , pilot of the squadron VX-6 of the US Navy on several Deep Freeze operations .
Web links
- Mount Kenney in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Kenney on geographic.org (English)