Kurchatova of Spades
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location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
Mountains | Prince Charles Mountains | |
Coordinates | 71 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 67 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Pik Kurchatova ( English transcription from Russian Пик Курчатова Pik Kurchatowa , German 'Kurtschatowgipfel' ) is a mountain peak in the East Antarctic Mac-Robertson Land . In the Prince Charles Mountains, it rises southwest of Gora Stoletova and northeast of Pardoe Peak .
Russian scientists named him. Probable namesake is the Soviet physicist Igor Wassiljewitsch Kurchatow (1903-1960).
Web links
- Kurchatova, pik in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)