Wild Knoll

Location of Bastien Range in Western Antarctica.

Map of Sentinel Range and Bastien Range.

Wild Knoll (Bulgarian: могила Уайлд, ‘Mogila Wild’ \'vr&h u-'ayld\) is the peak rising to 2370 m in the central portion of Bastien Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. The feature has steep and partly ice-free west slopes, and surmounts upper Minnesota Glacier to the south-southwest.

The peak is named after the Swiss natural history illustrator John James (Jean Jacques) Wild (1824-1900), a member of the British 1872-76 Challenger Expedition who took the first photographs in the Antarctic region in 1874.

Location

Wild Knoll is located at 78°46′04.2″S 86°29′12.8″W / 78.767833°S 86.486889°W / -78.767833; -86.486889Coordinates: 78°46′04.2″S 86°29′12.8″W / 78.767833°S 86.486889°W / -78.767833; -86.486889, which is 12.76 km southwest of Mount Klayn, 12 km west-southwest of Mount Fisek and 13.65 km northwest of Patmos Peak. US mapping in 1961 and 1988.

Maps

Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

Wild Knoll. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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