Mount Valinski
| Mount Valinski | ||
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| height | 1640 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ S , 177 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Valinski is a 1640 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Maud Mountains it rises immediately south of the Millington Glacier and 6 km west of the Ramsey Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1962 after Joseph Edward Valinsky [sic!] (1927–1997), radio operator on the flight on February 8, 1947 during Operation Highjump (1946–1947), during which aerial photographs of this mountain were taken.
Web links
- Mount Valinski in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Valinski on geographic.org (English)