Mount Hale (Antarctica)

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

Mount Hale (78°04′S 86°19′W / 78.067°S 86.317°W / -78.067; -86.317Coordinates: 78°04′S 86°19′W / 78.067°S 86.317°W / -78.067; -86.317) is a mountain (3,595 m) standing 1.5 mi NW of Mount Davis in the main ridge of the Sentinel Range, Antarctica. Discovered by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse party, 1957–58, under C.R. Bentley, and named for Daniel P. Hale, auroral physicist at Byrd Station and member of the traverse party.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Hale". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-11-11.

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