Mount Dergach

Mount Dergach

Mount Dergach (70°36′S 163°1′E / 70.6°S 163.017°E / -70.6; 163.017) is a flat-topped, ice-covered mountain located just west of Ob' Bay and south of Lunik Point, in the Bowers Mountains. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Surveyed by Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1958 and named after meteorologist A.P. Dergach, a member of Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1959–61, who perished in a fire at Mirnyy Station on August 3, 1960.

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