Mount Atkinson

Mountain in Ellsworth Land, Antarctica

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.

Mount Atkinson (78°39′S 85°29′W / 78.650°S 85.483°W / -78.650; -85.483) is a prominent mountain 3.5 miles (6 km) west-southwest of Mount Craddock in the Sentinel Range, Antarctica. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1957–60. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Richard C. Atkinson, Director, National Science Foundation, 1977–80.^[1]

References

^ "Mount Atkinson". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 22 March 2008.

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