Silverstein Peak

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.

Sentinel Range map.

Silverstein Peak is a prominent, 4,790 metres (15,720 ft) high peak on the west edge of the ice-covered Vinson Plateau in the Sentinel Range of Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It surmounts Roché Glacier to the north and Zapol Glacier to the southwest.

The peak was named by US-ACAN in 2006 after Dr. Samuel C. Silverstein, member of the 1966-67 American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition that made the first ascent of Vinson Massif and other high mountains in the Sentinel Range.

Location

Silverstein Peak is located at 78°32′51″S 85°38′57″W / 78.54750°S 85.64917°W / -78.54750; -85.64917Coordinates: 78°32′51″S 85°38′57″W / 78.54750°S 85.64917°W / -78.54750; -85.64917, which is 2.56 kilometres (1.59 mi) south-southwest of the summit Mount Vinson, 1.37 kilometres (0.85 mi) west by south of Hollister Peak, 2.66 kilometres (1.65 mi) north-northwest of Opalchenie Peak and 1.32 kilometres (0.82 mi) east of Príncipe de Asturias Peak. USGS mapping in 1961, updaqted in 1988.

Maps

Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.

References

SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Silverstein Peak" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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