Sentinel Range

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox mountain The Sentinel Range is a major mountain range situated northward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the northern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range trends NNW-SSE for about Template:Convert and is Template:Convert wide. Many peaks rise over Template:Convert and Vinson Massif (4892 m) in the southern part of the range is the highest elevation on the continent.[1][2]

Sentinel Range comprises a main ridge (featuring Vinson Massif in its southern portion) and a number of distinct heights, ridges and mountains on its east side, including (south to north) Owen Ridge, Petvar Heights, Doyran Heights, Veregava Ridge, Flowers Hills, Sullivan Heights, Barnes Ridge, Maglenik Heights, Probuda Ridge, Bangey Heights, Sostra Heights and Gromshin Heights. It is separated from Bastien Range to the southwest by Nimitz Glacier, and from Heritage Range to the south by lower Minnesota Glacier.

The range was first sighted and photographed from the air on November 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth who in naming it recognized its prominent position as a landmark on an otherwise featureless ice surface. The range was first visited and partially surveyed in January 1958 during the Sentinel Mountains Traverse led by Charles R. Bentley. The entire range was subsequently mapped by USGS from aerial photography taken by the U.S. Navy, 1958–61.[1][2]

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Key mountains and peaks

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Mountain Metres Feet Coordinates

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Maps

  • Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
  • Newcomer Glacier. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1961.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

Features

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Bangey Heights

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Bastien Range

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  • Ereta Peak
  • Mount Klayn
  • Mount Fisek
  • Wild Knoll
  • Patmos Peak
  • Bergison Peak
  • O'Neal Nunataks
  • Camp Hills

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Doyran Heights

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Flowers Hills

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Gromshin Heights

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Maglenik Heights

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Owen Ridge

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Petvar Heights

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Sostra Heights

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Sullivan Heights

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Veregava Ridge

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Other features

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Further reading

External links

References

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  2. ↑ a b Sentinel Range. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
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