Mount Jiracek

Mount Jiracek
Mount Jiracek Borchgrevink Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Highest point
Elevation	2,900 m (9,500 ft)
Coordinates	73°46′S 163°56′E / 73.767°S 163.933°E / -73.767; 163.933Coordinates: 73°46′S 163°56′E / 73.767°S 163.933°E / -73.767; 163.933
Geography
Location	Borchgrevink Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Parent range	Southern Cross Mountains, Tinker Glacier

Mount Jiracek is a mountain, 2,430 metres (7,970 ft) high, rising at the west side of the head of Tinker Glacier, in the Southern Cross Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for George R. Jiracek, a geophysicist at McMurdo Station in 1964–65.^[1]

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

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