Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica. Sentinel Range map. Zinsmeister Ridge is the high, rugged mountain ridge, 9 mi long, running northeast from Schoening Peak , Vinson Massif in the Sentinel Range , Antarctica . Jagged 2000 to 3000 m peaks including Vanand and Toros Peaks surmount the ridge, which separates Hinkley Glacier from the upper part of Dater Glacier .
The ridge is named by US-ACAN (2006) after William J. Zinsmeister , Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University , USAP researcher of the paleontology (molluscan fauna ) of Seymour Island , 1975–95.
78°27′00″S 85°15′00″W / 78.45000°S 85.25000°W / -78.45000; -85.25000
Maps
Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.D. Gildea and C. Rada. Vinson Massif and the Sentinel Range. Scale 1:50 000 topographic map. Omega Foundation, 2007.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.
References
public domain material from "Zinsmeister Ridge" . Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey .
