Mount Inderbitzen
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Mount Inderbitzen () is a mountain rising to over 2,600 m, located 12 miles (19 km) south-southeast of Mount Craddock and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Mount Milton in the south part of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. First mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1957-59. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1994 after Anton L. Inderbitzen, Associate Chief Scientist, Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation (NSF), 1983-86; Head, Antarctic Staff, NSF, 1986-91; Deputy Assistant Director for Research, USGS, from 1991. At NSF, Inderbitzen was responsible for the coordination and planning of all scientific activities within the United States Antarctic Program (USAP), and for the formulation and enforcement of U.S. environmental regulations in Antarctica.
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