Mount Southwick
| Mount Southwick | ||
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| height | 3280 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ S , 84 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Southwick is a 3280 m high mountain in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises 14.5 km south-southeast of Mount Craddock at the southern end of the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1957 and 1959. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1961 after Technical Sergeant Thomas E. Southwick of the United States Marine Corps , navigator of a Douglas DC-3 with Air reconnaissance flight over the Ellsworth Mountains on January 28, 1958.
Web links
- Mount Southwick in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Southwick on geographic.org (English)