Bastien Range
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The Bastien Range () is an Antarctic mountain range of moderate height which extends in a NW-SE direction for about 64 km (40 mi), flanking the SW side of Nimitz Glacier and the Sentinel Range, in the Ellsworth Mountains.
Named by US-ACAN for Thomas W. Bastien, geologist, leader of the helicopter supported University of Minnesota Geological Party to these mountains, 1963-64. Bastien was also a member of a party to the Ellsworth Mountains in 1961-62.
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