Mount Valikhanov

Mount Valikhanov (71°49′S 12°15′E / 71.817°S 12.250°E / -71.817; 12.250Coordinates: 71°49′S 12°15′E / 71.817°S 12.250°E / -71.817; 12.250) is a mountain (2,800 m) standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northwest of Mount Mirotvortsev in Sudliche Petermann Range, Wohlthat Mountains. It was discovered and plotted from air photos by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. It was mapped from air photos and surveys by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956–60, and was remapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960–61, and named after Russian geographer Chokan Valikhanov (1935–65).

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