Mount Zinkovich

Mount Zinkovich was named by US-ACAN for Lt. Col. Michael Zinkovich, USAF, commanding officer of the 1710th Aerial Port Squadron, which furnished airlift support between New Zealand and Antarctica, and from McMurdo Sound inland to Byrd, Eights, and South Pole Stations during USN OpDFrz 1962.

[3] The Sailing Directions for Antarctica describes the ridge as follows: Mount Wharton, about 8,850 feet high, lies westward of Cape Parr, and is the highest of a series of four peaks rising like teeth of a saw.

On the southern side of Mount Wharton the coastal range appears broken for about 5 miles, then rises in Pyramid Mountain, a remarkable sharp apex, approximately 9,000 feet high, with uniform sides which rest on a base of irregular country several thousand feet below the summit.

Named in honor of Pamela Young who was the first female event member in the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP).

Frost, USAF, commanding officer of the Ninth Troop Carrier Squadron, which furnished C-124 Globemaster airlift support between New Zealand and the Antarctic and from McMurdo Sound inland to Byrd, Eights, and South Pole Stations during USN OpDFrz 1962.

Discovered by the BrNAE (1901-04) and named for Sir William Wharton, Hydrographer to the Royal Navy, 1884-1904.

Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Col. Wilbert Turk, commander of the 61st Troop Carrier Squadron which initiated the flights of C-130 Hercules aircraft in Antarctica in January 1960.

Mount Zinkovich and surroundings