Mount Lymburner

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

Mount Lymburner (77°26′S 86°30′W / 77.433°S 86.500°W / -77.433; -86.500Coordinates: 77°26′S 86°30′W / 77.433°S 86.500°W / -77.433; -86.500) is a mountain, 1,940 metres (6,360 ft) high, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) west-northwest of Mount Weems near the north end of the Sentinel Range in the Ellsworth Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered by Lincoln Ellsworth on his trans-Antarctic flight of November 23, 1935, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for J.H. Lymburner, an assistant pilot on Ellsworth's expedition.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Lymburner". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-07-12.

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