Mount Ostenso

Mount Ostenso (78°18′S 86°11′W) 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]

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.

Sentinel Range map.

See also

Mountains in Antarctica

References

"Mount Ostenso". 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 Ostenso". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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