Mount Hook

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Mount Hook
Highest point
Elevation1,605 m (5,266 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Coordinates83°20′S 50°0′W / 83.333°S 50.000°W / -83.333; -50.000Coordinates: 83°20′S 50°0′W / 83.333°S 50.000°W / -83.333; -50.000
Geography
LocationAntarctica Pensacola Mountains
Parent rangeForrestal Range

Mount Hook is a mountainous snow-covered projection from the east side of Saratoga Table, 5 nautical miles (9 km) southeast of Sorna Bluff, in the Forrestal Range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1979 after Lieutenant Commander of the U.S. Navy, who was a Medical Officer at South Pole Station in the winter of 1968.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ "Hook, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-06-25.

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


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