Mount Giovinetto
| Mount Giovinetto | ||
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| height | 4090 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 16 ′ 0 ″ S , 86 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Giovinetto is a 4090 m high mountain in the form of a supporting pillar in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises 3 km north of Mount Ostenso in the main ridge of the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains .
It was mapped by the so-called Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party , a team mainly to explore the Marie Byrd Land between 1957 and 1958. They named the mountain after the Canadian glaciologist Mario Giovinetto (* 1933), who worked at the Byrd station in 1957 was active.
Web links
- Mount Giovinetto in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Giovinetto on geographic.org (English)