Location Antarctica Prominence 1,783 m Parent range Hughes Range | Elevation 4,230 m Mountain range Hughes Range Listing Ultra-prominent peak | |
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Similar Mount Markham, Mount Kirkpatrick, Mount Discovery, Mount Sidley, Mount Erebus | ||
Mount Kaplan is a massive mountain, the highest in the Hughes Range of Antarctica, standing 5 km (3 mi) southeast of Mount Wexler.
Map of Mount Kaplan, Antarctica
The mountain was discovered and photographed by Admiral Byrd on the Baselaying Flight of November 18, 1929, and surveyed by A.P. Crary in 1957–58. Crary named it for Joseph Kaplan, the chairman of the U.S. National Committee for the IGY, 1957–58.
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