Mount Kennett (67°3′S 65°10′W / 67.050°S 65.167°W / -67.050; -65.167) is a distinctive snow and rock mountain, 1,360 metres (4,460 ft) high, between Quartermain Glacier and Fricker Glacier on the east side of Graham Land. [1] Features on this coast were photographed by several American expeditions: United States Antarctic Service, 1939–41; Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947–48; U.S. Navy photos, 1968. The mountain was mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1947–48, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Peter Kennett, General Assistant with the British Antarctic Survey Larsen Ice Shelf party, 1963–64.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Alberts, Fred G. (1995). "Mount Kennett on Geographic Names of the Antarctic， page 388,edited by Fred G. Alberts".
  2. ↑ "Mount Kennett". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-04-26.

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