Mount Kolp
Mount Kolp (81°39′S 161°42′E / 81.650°S 161.700°ECoordinates: 81°39′S 161°42′E / 81.650°S 161.700°E) is a mostly ice-free coastal mountain, 1,010 metres (3,300 ft) high, standing 7 nautical miles (13 km) west-northwest of Cape Laird, along the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Colonel , United States Marine Corps, executive officer of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 in Antarctica during Operation Deep Freeze I (1955–56).[1]
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- ^ "Mount Kolp". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
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