Mount Cornwell (Antarctica)

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Mount Cornwell ( 77°40′S, 86°9′W) is a mountain, 2,460 m, standing 3.2 km (2 miles) south of Mount Washburn along the northeast side of Newcomer Glacier in the north part of the Sentinel Range.

Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant James W. Cornwell of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6, co-pilot on photographic flights over the range on December 14-15, 1959.

This article is based on a United States Geological Survey gazetteer.