Mount Hale (Antarctica)

Mount Hale (78°04′S 86°19′W) is a mountain (3,595 m) standing 1.5 mi NW of Mount Davis in the main ridge of the Sentinel Range, Antarctica. Discovered by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse party, 1957–58, under Charles R. Bentley, and named for Daniel P. Hale, auroral physicist at Byrd Station and member of the traverse party.[1]

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.

Sentinel Range map.

See also

Mountains in Antarctica

References

"Mount Hale". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 11 November 2010.

This article incorporates public domain material from "Mount Hale (Antarctica)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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