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Mount Kibal'chich

Coordinates: 71°56′S 14°19′E / 71.933°S 14.317°E / -71.933; 14.317
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Mount Kibal'chich
Mount Kibal'chich is located in Antarctica
Mount Kibal'chich
Mount Kibal'chich
Queen Maud Land
Highest point
Coordinates71°56′S 14°19′E / 71.933°S 14.317°E / -71.933; 14.317
Naming
Etymologynamed after the Russian revolutionary Nikolai Kibalchich
Geography
LocationQueen Maud Land

Mount Kibal'chich is the highest peak, 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) high, of the Kvaevenutane Peaks, in the Payer Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was discovered and plotted from air photos by the Third German Antarctic Expedition, 1938–39, and was mapped from air photos and surveys by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956–60. It was remapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960–61, and named after the Russian revolutionary Nikolai Kibalchich.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Mount Kibal'chich". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-05-01.

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