Mount LeResche

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Mount LeResche (71°31′S 166°17′E) is a prominent mountain (2,040 m) at the extreme north end of Homerun Range in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Robert E. LeResche, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist at McMurdo Station, 1966-67 and 1967-68.

This article is based on a United States Geological Survey gazetteer.