Mount Kenyon

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Mount Kenyon (85°10′S 174°52′W / 85.167°S 174.867°W / -85.167; -174.867Coordinates: 85°10′S 174°52′W / 85.167°S 174.867°W / -85.167; -174.867) is a mountain, 2,260 metres (7,400 ft) high, standing 1 nautical mile (2 km) northwest of Shenk Peak and 1 nautical mile (2 km) southwest of Barry Hill in the northern part of the Cumulus Hills, Antarctica. It was named by F. Alton Wade, leader of the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition of the United States Antarctic Research Program (1962–1963), after Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, his alma mater.[1]

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  1. ^ "Mount Kenyon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-04-29.

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