Mount Lisicky

Mount Lisicky (78°27′S 162°5′E) is a peak, 2,120 metres (6,960 ft) high, standing 7 nautical miles (13 km) northwest of Mount Cocks in the Royal Society Range, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and Navy air photos, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1963 for Captain Joseph F. Lisicky, United States Marine Corps, a maintenance officer for U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze, 1960, who served several summers at McMurdo Station.[1]

References
  1. "Mount Lisicky". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-06-21.

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