Mountain in Ellsworth Land, Antarctica
Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.
Sentinel Range map.
Mount Giovinetto (78°16′S 86°10′W / 78.267°S 86.167°W / -78.267; -86.167 ) is the summit of a buttress-type mountain (4,090 m) located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Mount Ostenso and 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) south of Mount Viets in the main ridge of the Sentinel Range , Antarctica . It surmounts Rumyana Glacier to the east and Delyo Glacier to the northeast.
The mountain was discovered by the Charles R. Bentley -led Marie Byrd Land Traverse party, 1957–58, and named after Mario Giovinetto , glaciologist at Byrd Station in 1957.[ 1]
See also
Maps
Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.
References
This article incorporates public domain material from "Mount Giovinetto" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey .