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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Mount Le Schack (RUS) 85° 25' 00.0" S 124° 00' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 134223 Place ID: 8359

Mount LeSchack (USA) 85° 25' 00.0" S 124° 00' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 127960 Place ID: 8359

A distinctive flat-topped mountain, 2,265 m, standing on the N side of Perkins Canyon in the Wisconsin Range, Horlick Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1959-60. Named by US-ACAN for Leonard A. LeSchack, traverse seismologist, Byrd Station winter party, 1958.

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