Mount Ostenso

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

Mount Ostenso (78°18′S 86°11′W / 78.300°S 86.183°W / -78.300; -86.183Coordinates: 78°18′S 86°11′W / 78.300°S 86.183°W / -78.300; -86.183) is a mountain (4,180 m) 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Mount Giovinetto in the main ridge of the Sentinel Range, Antarctica. First mapped by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party (1957–58) led by Charles R. Bentley, and named for Ned A. Ostenso, traverse seismologist at Byrd Station (1957) and a member of the party.[1]

References

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

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