They are north of the Williams Hills and west of the northern end of the Washington Escarpment, from which they are separated by the Roderick Valley.

It was discovered and photographed on January 13, 1956 on a United States Navy transcontinental non-stop plane flight from McMurdo sound to Weddell Sea and return.

It was named by US-ACAN for aviation electronics technician Francis Gorecki, radioman of the P2V-2N aircraft making the flight.

A mountain, 1,070 metres (3,510 ft) high, standing 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) north of Mount Coulter.

A sharp peak,940 metres (3,080 ft) high, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) north of Mount Nervo.