Mount Wilbanks
| Mount Wilbanks | ||
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 Topographic map of the Kohler Range (top) with Mount Wilbanks (top right) |
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| height | 720 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Kohler Range | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 0 '12 " S , 112 ° 53' 8" W | |
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Mount Wilbanks is a 720 m high, hill-shaped and partly icy mountain in the West Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . With its rocky and non-icy eastern flank, it forms the eastern extension of the Kohler Range .
Aerial photographs taken during the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947) in January 1947 were used by the United States Geological Survey for an initial rough mapping. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the mountain in 1967 after John R. Wilbanks, who worked in the area as a geologist for the United States Antarctic Research Program between 1966 and 1967.
Web links
- Mount Wilbanks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Wilbanks on geographic.org (English)