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[[File:Kirby Cone Map.jpg|350px|thumb|Map showing the location of Kirby Cone on the Michigan Plateau]]
[[File:Kirby Cone Map.jpg|350px|thumb|Map showing the location of Kirby Cone on the Michigan Plateau]]
'''Kirby Cone''' (85°54′S 136°26′W) is a distinctive sharp peak on the spur which extends north from the northwest end of Michigan Plateau in [[Westarctica]].
The '''Kirby Cone''' (85°54′S 136°26′W) is a distinctive sharp peak on the spur which extends north from the northwest end of [[Michigan Plateau]] in [[Westarctica]].


==Discovery and name==
==Discovery and name==
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==Peerage title==
==Peerage title==
On 20 April 2020, the [[Count of Dendtler]] was granted the additional title "Count of Kirby" in recognition of his excellent service as [[Minister of Commerce]]. His title is named for the Kirby Cone.
On 20 April 2020, the [[Count of Dendtler]] was granted the additional title "Count of Kirby" in recognition of his excellent service as [[Minister of Commerce]]. His title is named for the Kirby Cone (whose odd name corresponds to the first name of the peer).


[[Category: Mountains]]
[[Category: Mountains]]
[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]
[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]