Mount Schmid

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Mount Schmid
Elevation 2,430 metres (7,972 feet)
Location Antarctica
Range Sentinel Range
Coordinates 77°58′S 85°40′W

Mount Schmid is a mountain on the south side of Embree Glacier, rising 8 km east of Mount Goldthwait in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains.

Mapped by USGS from surveys and US Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named by the US-ACAN for Captain Ernest A. Schmid, USAF, who participated in the establishment of the IGY South Pole Station during the 1956-57 season.

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