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Mount Petlock

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Mount Petlock (85°25′S 172°16′E) is the most prominent mountain (3,195 m) in the northeast part of Otway Massif, surmounting the north end of the ridge which borders the east side of Burgess Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for James D. Petlock, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) ionospheric physicist at South Pole Station, 1963.

Map of Mount Petlock, Antarctica

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Petlock" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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Mount Petlock Wikipedia