Mount Goldthwait

Mount Goldthwait
Map
Highest point
Elevation3,817 m (12,523 ft)
Prominence1,323 m (4,341 ft)[1]
ListingRibu
Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.
Northern Sentinel Range map.

Mount Goldthwait (77°59′S 86°03′W / 77.983°S 86.050°W / -77.983; -86.050) is a prominent mountain (3,815 m) located 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) south of Mount Dalrymple in the north part of the Sentinel Range, Antarctica. Discovered by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party of 1957–58, under Charles R. Bentley, and named for Richard P. Goldthwait, consultant, Technical Panel on Glaciology, U.S. National Committee for the IGY, and later Director, Institute of Polar Studies, Ohio State University.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "World Ribus – West Antarctica Ranges". World Ribus. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Mount Goldthwait". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 11 November 2010.

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