Mount Kurlak
| Mount Kurlak | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Alexandra Chain , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ S , 168 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Kurlak is an icy mountain in Antarctica's Ross Dependency . In the Queen Alexandra chain of the Transantarctic Mountains, it rises 5 km southeast of Mount Bell .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1966 after Lieutenant Commander William B. Kurlak (1916-2006) of the United States Navy , aircraft commander during Operation Deep Freeze in 1964.
Web links
- Mount Kurlak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Kurlak on geographic.org (English)