Mount Kowalczyk
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Mount Kowalczyk is a mountain
, 1,690 m, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Goat Mountain at the head of Hobbs Glacier
in Victoria Land
. Charted by the British Antarctic Expedition
under Scott, 1910-13. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) in 1964 for Chester Kowalczyk, Chief of the Photogrammetry Branch, U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, who for many years had responsibility for the photogrammetric compilation of Antarctic charts.
Mountain
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, 1,690 m, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Goat Mountain at the head of Hobbs Glacier
Hobbs Glacier (Victoria Land)
Hobbs Glacier is an eastward flowing glacier, about 7 nautical miles long, lying 2 nautical miles south of Blue Glacier on the coast of Victoria Land. First explored by the Discovery expedition under Scott...
in Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. Charted by the British Antarctic Expedition
Terra Nova Expedition
The Terra Nova Expedition , officially the British Antarctic Expedition 1910, was led by Robert Falcon Scott with the objective of being the first to reach the geographical South Pole. Scott and four companions attained the pole on 17 January 1912, to find that a Norwegian team led by Roald...
under Scott, 1910-13. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) in 1964 for Chester Kowalczyk, Chief of the Photogrammetry Branch, U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, who for many years had responsibility for the photogrammetric compilation of Antarctic charts.