Sentinel Range

Sentinel Range
Sentinel Range
	Sentinel Range
Highest point
Peak	Mount Vinson
Elevation	4,892 m (16,050 ft)
Coordinates	78°31′31.74″S 85°37′01.73″W / 78.5254833°S 85.6171472°W
Dimensions
Length	185 km (115 mi) NNW-SSE
Width	48 km (30 mi)
Geography
	Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica
Continent	Antarctica
Region	Ellsworth Land
Range coordinates	78°10′S 85°30′W / 78.167°S 85.500°W
Parent range	Ellsworth Mountains
Borders on	Heritage Range

The Sentinel Range is a major mountain range situated northward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the northern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range trends NNW-SSE for about 185 km (115 mi) and is 24 to 48 km (15 to 30 mi) wide. Many peaks rise over 4,000 m (13,100 ft) and Vinson Massif (4892 m) in the southern part of the range is the highest elevation on the continent.^[1]^[2]

Sentinel Range comprises a main ridge (featuring Vinson Massif in its southern portion) and a number of distinct heights, ridges and mountains on its east side, including (south to north) Petvar Heights, Doyran Heights, Veregava Ridge, Flowers Hills, Sullivan Heights, Barnes Ridge, Maglenik Heights, Probuda Ridge, Bangey Heights, Sostra Heights and Gromshin Heights. It is separated from Bastien Range to the southwest by Nimitz Glacier, and from Heritage Range to the south by lower Minnesota Glacier.

The range was first sighted and photographed from the air on November 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth who in naming it recognised its prominent position as a landmark on an otherwise featureless ice surface. The range was first visited and partially surveyed in January 1958 during the Sentinel Mountains Traverse led by Charles R. Bentley. The entire range was subsequently mapped by USGS from aerial photography taken by the U.S. Navy, 1958-61.^[1]^[2]

Northern Sentinel Range, USGS map
Central and southern Sentinel Range, USGS map

Key mountains and peaks

Mountain	Metres	Feet	Coordinates
Mount Vinson	4,892	16,050	78°31′31.74″S 85°37′1.73″W / 78.5254833°S 85.6171472°W
Mount Tyree	4,852	15,919	78°24′42″S 85°51′43″W / 78.41167°S 85.86194°W
Clinch Peak	4,841	15,883	78°32′08″S 85°30′45″W / 78.53556°S 85.51250°W
Corbet Peak	4,822	15,820	78°31′31″S 85°32′50″W / 78.52528°S 85.54722°W
Schoening Peak	4,743	15,561	78°31′36″S 85°27′57″W / 78.52667°S 85.46583°W
Hollister Peak	4,729	15,515	78°32′43″S 85°35′19″W / 78.54528°S 85.58861°W
Príncipe de Asturias Peak	4,680	15,354	78°32′50″S 85°42′32″W / 78.54722°S 85.70889°W
Mount Shinn	4,660	15,289	78°27′S 85°46′W / 78.450°S 85.767°W
Fukushima Peak	4,634	15,203	78°33′31″S 85°34′16″W / 78.55861°S 85.57111°W
Marts Peak	4,551	14,931	78°32′18″S 85°24′07″W / 78.53833°S 85.40194°W
Branscomb Peak	4,520	14,829	78°30′57″S 85°41′44″W / 78.51583°S 85.69556°W
Opalchenie Peak	4,503.5	14,775	78°34′02″S 85°34′53″W / 78.56722°S 85.58139°W
Mount Rutford	4,477	14,688	78°36′S 85°18′W / 78.600°S 85.300°W
Mount Craddock	4,368	14,331	78°38′S 85°12′W / 78.633°S 85.200°W
Mount Anderson	4,254	13,957	78°09′S 86°13′W / 78.150°S 86.217°W
Mount Bentley	4,245	13,927	78°07′S 86°14′W / 78.117°S 86.233°W
Mount Ostenso	4,180	13,714	78°18′S 86°11′W / 78.300°S 86.183°W
Peak 4111	4,160	13,648	78°13′S 86°08′W / 78.217°S 86.133°W
Mount Giovinetto	4,090	13,419	78°16′S 86°10′W / 78.267°S 86.167°W
Evans Peak	3,950	12,959	78°17′S 85°58′W / 78.283°S 85.967°W
Mount Goldthwait	3,815	12,516	77°59′S 86°03′W / 77.983°S 86.050°W
Mount Davis	3,800	12,467	78°06′S 86°15′W / 78.100°S 86.250°W
Mount Press	3,760	12,336	78°09′18″S 85°59′45″W / 78.15500°S 85.99583°W
Mount Viets	3,600	11,811	78°15′S 86°06′W / 78.250°S 86.100°W
Mount Todd	3,600	11,811	78°05′39″S 85°52′39″W / 78.09417°S 85.87750°W
Mount Dalrymple	3,600	11,811	77°56′S 86°03′W / 77.933°S 86.050°W
Mount Hale	3,595	11,795	78°04′S 86°19′W / 78.067°S 86.317°W
Mount Tuck	3,560	11,680	78°29′S 84°50′W / 78.483°S 84.833°W
Mount Slaughter	3,444	11,299	78°37′S 85°38′W / 78.617°S 85.633°W
Knutzen Peak	3,373	11,066	78°29′47″S 85°56′35″W / 78.49639°S 85.94306°W
Eyer Peak	3,368	11,050	78°09′S 86°00′W / 78.150°S 86.000°W
Mount Atkinson	3,300	10,827	78°39′S 85°29′W / 78.650°S 85.483°W
Mount Allen	3,248	10,656	78°41′46″S 85°01′10″W / 78.69611°S 85.01944°W
Mount Alf	3,200	10,499	77°55′S 86°07′W / 77.917°S 86.117°W
Mount Waldron	3,100	10,171	78°27′S 84°53′W / 78.450°S 84.883°W
Mount Milton	3,000	9,843	78°48′S 84°48′W / 78.800°S 84.800°W
Vanand Peak	3,000	9,843	78°29′S 85°18′W / 78.483°S 85.300°W

Maps

Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
Newcomer Glacier. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1961.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

Features

Geographical features include:

Bangey Heights

Bezden Peak
Chepino Saddle
Embree Glacier
Fucha Peak
Golemani Peak
Kopsis Glacier
Marsa Glacier
Mount Hleven
Mount Schmid
Oreshak Peak
Padala Glacier
Panicheri Gap
Patleyna Glacier
Probuda Ridge

Bastien Range

Bergison Peak
Bowie Crevasse Field
Camp Hills
Ereta Peak
Hodges Knoll
Karasura Glacier
Klenova Peak
Mount Fisek
Mount Klayn
Nimitz Glacier
O'Neal Nunataks
Patmos Peak
Wild Knoll

Doyran Heights

Beloslav Peak
Goreme Col
Guerrero Glacier
Hansen Glacier
Hough Glacier
Johnson Spur
Kostinbrod Pass
Manole Pass
McPherson Peak
Midzhur Peak
Mount Benson
Mount Havener
Mount Mohl
Mount Tuck
Prosenik Peak
Remington Glacier
Sikera Valley
Taylor Spur

Flowers Hills

Batil Spur
Dater Glacier
Dickey Peak
Gubesh Peak
Hansen Glacier
Kostinbrod Pass
Lardeya Ice Piedmont
Monyak Hill
Rutford Ice Stream
Sikera Valley
Strinava Glacier
Taylor Spur
Valoga Glacier

Gromshin Heights

Branishte Peak
Foros Spur
Kipra Gap
Matsch Ridge
Miller Bluffs
Mount Cornwell
Mount Mogensen
Mount Ojakangas
Mount Ulmer
Mount Warren
Mount Weems
Newcomer Glacier
Polarstar Peak
Skamni Saddle
Vicha Glacier
Vidul Glacier
Yamen Glacier

Maglenik Heights

Arapya Glacier
Barnes Ridge
Chapman Peak
Dropla Gap
Ellen Glacier
Embree Glacier
Ichera Peak
Kopsis Glacier
Mirovyane Peak
Mount Gozur
Panicheri Gap
Roberts Peak
Voysil Peak
Young Glacier
Zimornitsa Peak
Rutford Ice Stream

Owen Ridge

Arsela Peak
Bolgrad Glacier
Bowers Corner
Brook Glacier
Karnare Col
Kasilag Pass
Krusha Peak
Lishness Peak
Modren Peak
Mount Allen
Mount Inderbitzen
Mount Southwick
Mount Strybing
Peristera Peak
Sirma Glacier
Stikal Peak

Petvar Heights

Bagra Peak
Carey Glacier
Divdyadovo Glacier
Fruzhin Peak
Gabare Glacier
Hudman Glacier
Kasilag Pass
Kornicker Glacier
Long Peak
Malkoch Peak
Marze Peak
Miller Peak
Mount Landolt
Mount Mullen
Mountainview Ridge
Razboyna Glacier
Ruset Peak
Thomas Glacier
Wessbecher Glacier

Sostra Heights

Anchialus Glacier
Blenika Peak
Bracken Peak
Embree Glacier
Mount Lanning
Mount Malone
Mount McKeown
Newcomer Glacier
Robinson Pass
Sabazios Glacier
Skaklya Glacier
Vit Ice Piedmont
Zhenda Glacier

Sullivan Heights

Crosswell Glacier
Dater Glacier
Johnson Col
Mamarchev Peak
Mount Farrell
Mount Levack
Mount Segers
Nebeska Peak
Pulpudeva Glacier
Strinava Glacier
Vranya Pass
Zmeevo Pass

Veregava Ridge

Berisad Glacier
Dater Glacier
Hansen Glacier
Kushla Peak
Manole Pass
Mount Waldron
Orizari Glacier
Parangalitsa Peak
Sipey Peak

Other features

Ahrida Peak
Allen Peak
Arzos Peak
Aster Glacier
Beadnos Nunatak
Bender Glacier
Bohot Nunatak
Boyce Ridge
Branscomb Glacier
Branscomb Peak
Brichebor Peak
Brocks Peak
Bruguière Peak
Bugueño Pinnacle
Burdenis Glacier
Cairns Glacier
Cervellati Glacier
Chaplin Peak
Clinch Peak
Corbet Peak
Craddock Massif
Craig Ridge
Damien Gildea
Debren Pass
Della Pia Glacier
Delyo Glacier
Donnellan Glacier
Doyran Heights
Drama Glacier
Duridanov Peak
Elfring Peak
Enitsa Peak
Epperly Ridge
Evans Peak
Eyer Peak
Fisher Nunatak
Flowers Hills
Fonfon Glacier
Frontier Nunataks
Fukushima Peak
Galicia Peak
Gerila Glacier
Gilbert Spur
Gildea Glacier
Giles Glacier
Goloe Pass
Goodge Col
Hammer Col
Hariton Peak
Helfert Nunatak
Hinkley Glacier
Hollister Peak
Holth Peaks
Howard Nunataks
Ichev Nunatak
Jacobsen Valley
Knutzen Peak
Kovil Nunatak
Lanz Peak
Long Gables
MacDonald Peak
Marts Peak
Memolli Nunatak
Miller Peak
Minnesota Glacier
Mount Alf
Mount Anderson
Mount Atkinson
Mount Barden
Mount Bearskin
Mount Bentley
Mount Besch
Mount Craddock
Mount Crawford
Mount Dalrymple
Mount Davis
Mount Dawson
Mount Epperly
Mount Gardner
Mount Giovinetto
Mount Goldthwait
Mount Hale
Mount Holmboe
Mount Hubley
Mount Jumper
Mount Liavaag
Mount Liptak
Mount Lymburner
Mount Milton
Mount Morris
Mount Osborne
Mount Ostenso
Mount Press
Mount Reimer
Mount Rutford
Mount Sharp
Mount Shear
Mount Shinn
Mount Sisu
Mount Slaughter
Mount Tegge
Mount Todd
Mount Viets
Mount Wyatt Earp
Moyher Ridge
Mursalitsa Peak
Nell Peak
Nikola Peak
Obelya Glacier
Olsen Peak
Opalchenie Peak
Ostrusha Nunatak
Owen Ridge
Pastrogor Peak
Patton Glacier
Podgore Saddle
Ponor Saddle
Príncipe de Asturias Peak
Progled Saddle
Rada Peak
Ramorino Glacier
Ranuli Ice Piedmont
Ravulya Nunatak
Roché Glacier
Rumyana Glacier
Saltzman Glacier
Sanchez Peak
Schatz Ridge
Schoening Peak
Severinghaus Glacier
Shinn Ridge
Shockey Peak
Silverstein Peak
Silyanov Peak
Skafida Peak
Sowers Glacier
Stolnik Peak
Strahil Peak
Taylor Ledge
Toros Peak
Tulaczyk Glacier
Tyree Ridge
Valchan Peak
Vanand Peak
Veregava Ridge
Versinikia Peak
Vinson Massif
Vinson Plateau
Wahlstrom Peak
Willis Ridge
Zalmoxis Peak
Zapol Glacier
Zinsmeister Ridge
Zvegor Saddle

External links

Sentinel Range. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

References

^ ^a ^b "Sentinel Range". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2004-11-03.
^ ^a ^b Sentinel Range. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey.

[gnis-1] "Sentinel Range". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2004-11-03.

[cga-2] Sentinel Range. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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