Mount Koons

Mount Koons (72°43′S 160°22′E) is a small mountain situated 1 nautical mile (2 km) east of Miller Butte in the Outback Nunataks, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–64, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Robert W. Koons, a United States Antarctic Research Program logistics coordinator with the McMurdo Station winter party, 1968.[1]

References
  1. "Mount Koons". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-05-14.

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