Mount Koons (72°43′S 160°22′E / 72.717°S 160.367°E / -72.717; 160.367) is a small mountain situated 1 nautical mile (2 km) east of Miller Butte in the Outback Nunataks, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–64, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Robert W. Koons, a United States Antarctic Research Program logistics coordinator with the McMurdo Station winter party, 1968.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Koons". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-05-14.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Mount Koons". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.