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Mount Kosciusko is a mountain, rising to 2,910 meters (9,550 ft), that comprises the central portion of the Ames Range in Westarctica.
Discovery and name
It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain Henry M. Kosciusko, U.S. Navy, Commander of the Antarctic Support Activities group, 1965–67.
It is connected to Mount Kauffman by Gardiner Ridge which is at one end of Brown Valley.