Mount Goldthwait

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Mount Goldthwait
Mount Goldthwait
Highest point
Elevation 3,817 m (12,523 ft)
Prominence 1,323 m (4,341 ft) [1]
Listing Ribu
Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica. Sentinel-Range-location-map.png
Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.
Northern Sentinel Range map. Northern-Sentinel-Map.jpg
Northern Sentinel Range map.

Mount Goldthwait ( 77°59′S86°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]

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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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