Mount Frost

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Mount Frost (

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81°11′S 158°21′E / 81.183°S 158.350°E / -81.183; 158.350Coordinates: 81°11′S 158°21′E / 81.183°S 158.350°E / -81.183; 158.350) is a mountain, 2,350 m, in the Churchill Mountains of Antarctica, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) south of Mount Zinkovich, at the south side of the head of Silk Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Colonel , United States Air Force (USAF), commanding officer of the , which furnished C-124 Globemaster airlift support between New Zealand and the Antarctic and from McMurdo Sound inland to Byrd, Eights, and South Pole Stations during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze 1962.

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