Mount Kinet

Mount Kinet

Mount Kinet (73°14′S 165°54′E / 73.233°S 165.9°E / -73.233; 165.9) is a large, rounded mountain (2,180 m) on the south side of upper Meander Glacier, 5 nautical miles (9 km) southeast of Hobbie Ridge, in the Mountaineer Range of Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Urbain J. Kinet, biologist at McMurdo Station, 1965-66.

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