title: Mount VX-6
text: # Mount VX-6
  
  Mount VX-6 (72°38′S 162°12′E﻿ / ﻿72.633°S 162.200°E﻿ / -72.633; 162.200) is a distinctive, sharp mountain, 2,185 metres (7,169 ft), standing 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Minaret Nunatak in the Monument Nunataks in Victoria Land, East Antarctica.
  
  ## Discovery and naming
  
  Surveyed by the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Victoria Land Traverse Party, 1959–60. They named it for U.S. Navy Air Development Squadron Six (VX-6) which supported the traverse party in the field. On January 1, 1969, the squadron was redesignated Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VXE-6) but its mission remained the same.
  
  