Bastien Range
| Bastien Range | ||
|---|---|---|
 Map sheet with Bastien Range |
||
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Ellsworth Mountains | |
|
||
| Coordinates | 78 ° 50 ′ S , 86 ° 0 ′ W | |
The Bastien Range is a mountain range of moderate height in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It extends over a length of 65 km in a northwest-southeast orientation in the Ellsworth Mountains and flanks the southwest side of the Nimitz Glacier and the Sentinel Range .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him after the American geologist Thomas W. Bastien (1933-2010), head of the helicopter-supported team of the University of Minnesota to explore the Ellsworthsgebirge between 1963 and 1964. Bastien already had that team from the university who worked there between 1961 and 1962.
Web links
- Bastien Range in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bastien Range on geographic.org (English).