Mount Atkinson

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Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.
Sentinel Range map.

Mount Atkinson (78°39′S 85°29′W / 78.650°S 85.483°W / -78.650; -85.483Coordinates: 78°39′S 85°29′W / 78.650°S 85.483°W / -78.650; -85.483) is a prominent mountain 3.5 miles (6 km) west-southwest of Mount Craddock in the Sentinel Range, Antarctica. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1957-60. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Richard C. Atkinson, Director, National Science Foundation, 1977-80.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Atkinson". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-03-22. 

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