Kostka, Mount

The Buell Peninsula is an ice-covered peninsula terminating in Cape Williams, located between the lower ends of , George Glacier and , at the northwest end of the in Antarctica.
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,210 metres
  • Description: mountain in Ross Dependency, Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Kostki, gora”, “Mount Kostka”, and “Mount Kostki”

Kostka, Mount

Latitude
-70.69648° or 70° 41′ 47″ south
Longitude
164.81482° or 164° 48′ 53″ east
Elevation
1,210 metres (3,970 feet)
Named after
O. Kostka, a Czech aerologist who perished in Antarctica
Open location code
2VX68R37+CW
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Kostka, Mount” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Kostka (bukid sa Antarctica)”
  • Cebuano: “Kostka”
  • Chinese: “科斯特卡山”
  • Dutch: “Mount Kostka”
  • German: “Mount Kostka”
  • Ladin: “Mount Kostka”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Kostka”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount Kostka”
  • Swedish: “Kostka (berg i Antarktis)”
  • Swedish: “Mount Kostka”

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