Nom (voir la définition): Ellsworth Mountains

Classement (voir la définition): Sommet

Code de Pays (voir la définition): AQ (Antarctica)

ID (voir la définition): 4460

Latitude Principale en degrés, minutes et secondes (voir la définition):
78° 45' 00" S

Longitude principale en degrés, minutes et secondes (voir la définition):
085° 00' 00" W

Latitude Principale en degrés décimaux (voir la définition): -78.75

Longitude Principale en degrés décimaux (voir la définition): -85

Elévation (voir la définition): 4892

Année de Décision (voir la définition): 01/01/1961

Description (voir la définition): A major group of mountains, 200 mi long and 30 mi wide, which trend NNW-SSE and rise from the relatively featureless snow plain that borders the western margin of the Ronne Ice Shelf. They are bisected by Minnesota Glacier to form the northern Sentinel Range and the southern Heritage Range. The former is by far the higher and more spectacular with Vinson Massif (4,892 m) constituting the highest point on the continent. The mountains were discovered on Nov. 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth in the course of a trans-Antarctic flight from Dundee Island to the Ross Ice Shelf. He gave the descriptive name Sentinel Range. The mountains were mapped in detail by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1958-66. When it became evident that the mountains comprise two distinct ranges, the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) restricted the application of Sentinel Range to the high northern one and gave the name Heritage Range to the southern one; the Committee recommended the name of the discoverer for this entire group of mountains.

Date de création (voir la définition): No data

Date d'Édition (voir la définition): No data