Mount Zinkovich
Mount Zinkovich (81°8′S 158°21′E / 81.133°S 158.350°E) is a pointed mountain, 2,280 m, standing 4 miles (6 km) north of Mount Frost at the north side of the head of Silk Glacier in the Churchill Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Colonel Michael Zinkovich, United States Air Force (USAF), commanding officer of the 1710th Aerial Port Squadron, which furnished airlift support between New Zealand and Antarctica, and from McMurdo Sound inland to Byrd, Eights, and South Pole Stations during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze 1962.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Mount Zinkovich". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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