Mount Gorecki

Mount Gorecki
Mount Gorecki Pensacola Mountains
Highest point
Elevation	1,110 m (3,640 ft)
Coordinates	83°20′S 57°35′W / 83.333°S 57.583°W / -83.333; -57.583Coordinates: 83°20′S 57°35′W / 83.333°S 57.583°W / -83.333; -57.583
Geography
Location	Pensacola Mountains
Parent range	Neptune Range

Mount Gorecki is a mountain in Antarctica. It is 1,110 metres (3,640 ft) high and lies at the southeastern extremity of the Schmidt Hills in the Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains. It was discovered and photographed on January 13, 1956, on a U.S. Navy transcontinental non-stop plane flight from McMurdo Sound to the Weddell Sea and back, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for aviation electronics technician , the radioman of the P2V-2N Neptune aircraft making the flight.^[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Gorecki, Mount". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

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