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Mount Karpinskiy

Coordinates: 72°12′S 18°25′E / 72.200°S 18.417°E / -72.200; 18.417
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This article is about the mountain in Antarctica. For the mountain in Russia, see Mount Karpinsky (Urals).

Mount Karpinskiy (72°12′S 18°25′E / 72.200°S 18.417°E / -72.200; 18.417) is an isolated mountain about 9 nautical miles (17 km) south of Zhelannaya Mountain in the Russkiye Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was observed and mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1959, and named for geologist A.P. Karpinskiy, President of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R.[1]

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  1. ^ "Mount Karpinskiy". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-04-14.

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