Sentinel Range

Template:Short description Template:About Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox mountain 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 Template:Convert and is 24 to 48 km (15 to 30 mi) wide. Many peaks rise over Template:Convert and Vinson Massif (4892 m) in the southern part of the range is the highest elevation on the continent.<ref name=gnis>Template:Cite gnis</ref><ref name=cga>Sentinel Range. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.</ref>

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) Owen Ridge, 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 recognized 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.<ref name=gnis/><ref name=cga/>

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

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Key mountains and peaksEdit

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MapsEdit

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.

FeaturesEdit

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Bangey HeightsEdit

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Bastien RangeEdit

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Ereta Peak
Mount Klayn
Mount Fisek
Wild Knoll
Patmos Peak
Bergison Peak
O'Neal Nunataks
Camp Hills

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Doyran HeightsEdit

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Flowers HillsEdit

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Gromshin HeightsEdit

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Maglenik HeightsEdit

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Owen RidgeEdit

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Petvar HeightsEdit

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Sostra HeightsEdit

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Sullivan HeightsEdit

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Veregava RidgeEdit

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Other featuresEdit

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