Mount Wasko
| Mount Wasko | ||
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| height | 1170 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ S , 176 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Wasko is a 1170 m high mountain with a saddled double peak in the Queen Maud Mountains of the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises 5 km north of Mount Franke on the western flank of the Shackleton Glacier .
Participants of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) discovered and photographed him. The American geophysicist Albert P. Crary (1911-1997) carried out measurements and naming between 1957 and 1958. Namesake is Lieutenant Commander Frank Wasko of the United States Navy's VX-6 squadron , who was stationed at Little America V from 1957 to 1958 .
Web links
- Mount Wasko in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Wasko on geographic.org (English)