Mount Lisicky
Mount Lisicky | ||
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height | 2120 m | |
location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
Mountains | Royal Society Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
Coordinates | 78 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) |
Mount Lisicky is a 2,120 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Royal Society Range, it rises 11 km northwest of Mount Cock .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1963 after Joseph F. Lisicky (1917-1994) of the United States Marine Corps , maintenance officer in Operation Deep Freeze in 1960, who was also active in several Antarctic summer campaigns at McMurdo Station .
Web links
- Mount Lisicky in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Lisicky on geographic.org (English)