Mount LeSchack
| Mount LeSchack | ||
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| height | 2265 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Wisconsin Range , Horlick Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ S , 124 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount LeSchack is a 2265 m high mountain with a flattened peak in Marie-Byrd-Land in western Antarctica . It rises on the northern flank of Perkins Canyon in the Wisconsin Range of the Horlick Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and with the help of aerial photographs by the United States Navy between 1959 and 1960. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1962 after the seismologist Leonard A. LeSchack (* 1935), who was responsible for the winter occupation of the Byrd- Station in 1958.
Web links
- Mount LeSchack in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount LeSchack on geographic.org (English)