Mount Cornwell
| Mount Cornwell | ||
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| height | 2460 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ S , 86 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Cornwell is a 2460 m high mountain in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises 3 km south of Mount Washburn on the northeast flank of the Newcomer Glacier in the northern part of the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1961 after James W. Cornwell, lieutenant in the United States Navy's VX-6 squadron , who was a co-pilot during the flights to take aerial photographs of the mountains between December 14 and 15, 1959.
Web links
- Mount Cornwell in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Cornwell on geographic.org (English)