Mount Makhachek
| Mount Makhachek | ||
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| height | 500 m | |
| location | Adelaide Island , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 52 '26 " S , 68 ° 5' 47" W | |
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Mount Machatschek is a roughly 500 m high, striking and mainly snow-covered mountain in the north of Adelaide Island off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 22.5 km southwest of Mount Vélain .
Aerial photographs of the US Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) and the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1956-1957) were used to map it. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the Austrian geographer Fritz Machatschek (1876–1957).
Web links
- Mount Machatschek in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Machatschek on geographic.org (English)