Mount Barden

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Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.
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Mount Barden ( 77°51′S86°13′W / 77.850°S 86.217°W / -77.850; -86.217 Coordinates: 77°51′S86°13′W / 77.850°S 86.217°W / -77.850; -86.217 ) is a mountain, 2,910 m, standing 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) northwest of Mount Sharp in the north portion of the Sentinel Range. It surmounts Zhenda Glacier to the east. The mountain was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Virgil W. Barden, an ionospheric physicist and member of the 1957 wintering party at Byrd Station.

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Mount Sharp (Antarctica)

Mount Sharp is a mountain over 3,000 m, standing 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Mount Barden in the north part of the Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica. It surmounts Zhenda Glacier to the north and Sabazios Glacier to the east.

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