Mount Kenney () is a sharp summit, high, in the
Cathedral Peaks, rising east of
Shackleton Glacier and northwest of
Mount Wade, in the
Prince Olav Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered and photographed by U.S. Navy
Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and was named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant
Leroy S. Kenney of the
United States Marine Corps Reserve
The Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES or MFR), also known as the United States Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) and the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve, is the reserve force of the United States Marine Corps. It is the largest command, by assigned p ...
, a helicopter and airplane pilot with U.S. Navy Squadron
VX-6
Air Development Squadron Six (VX-6 or AIRDEVRON SIX, commonly referred to by its nickname, "puckered penguins") was a United States Navy Air Development Squadron based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Established at Naval Air Station Patuxent River ...
during
Operation Deep Freeze
Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz or ODF) is codename for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation Deep Freeze II", "Operation Deep Freeze III", and so on. (There w ...
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References
Mountains of the Ross Dependency
Dufek Coast
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