Mount Gorecki

Mount Gorecki

Mount Gorecki (83°20′S 57°35′W / 83.333°S 57.583°W / -83.333; -57.583) is a mountain, 1,110 m, at the southeast extremity of Schmidt Hills in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. Discovered and photographed on January 13, 1956 on a U.S. Navy transcontinental nonstop plane flight from McMurdo sound to Weddell Sea and return. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for aviation electronics technician Francis Gorecki, radioman of the P2V-2N aircraft making the flight.

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