Mount Washburn (Antarctica)
| Mount Washburn | ||
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| height | 2725 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ S , 86 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Washburn is a 2725 m high mountain in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises halfway between Mount Ulmer and Mount Cornwell in the northern part of the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains .
He was discovered by the so-called Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party , a team mainly to explore the Marie Byrd Land between 1957 and 1958. This named the mountain after the American geologist Albert Lincoln Washburn (1911-2007), a member of the national United States Committees for the International Geophysical Year .
Web links
- Mount Washburn in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Washburn on geographic.org (English)