Mount Kyle
Highest point
Elevation2,900 m (9,500 ft)
Coordinates71°57′S 168°35′E / 71.950°S 168.583°E / -71.950; 168.583
Geography
LocationBorchgrevink Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeAdmiralty Mountains, Deming Glacier

Mount Kyle is a mountain, 2,900 metres (9,500 ft) high, midway along the ridge bordering the north side of Deming Glacier, in the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Ricky L. Kyle, U.S. Navy, a Utilitiesman at McMurdo Station, 1967.[1]

References

  1. "Mount Kyle". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-05-22.

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