Olsen Peak (West Antarctica)

Olsen Peak
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height	2140 m
location	Ellsworthland , West Antarctica
Mountains	Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains
Coordinates	78 ° 42 ′ 3 ″ S , 85 ° 27 ′ 31 ″ W Coordinates: 78 ° 42 ′ 3 ″ S , 85 ° 27 ′ 31 ″ W
Normal way	Alpine tour (glaciated)

The Olsen Peak is a 2140 m high mountain peak in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises 3 km northwest of Mount Wyatt Earp near the northern end of the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains .

The American polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth discovered him during his transantarctic flight on November 23, 1935. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1961 after Hartvig Olsen (1887– unknown), first mate on Ellsworth's expedition ship Wyatt Earp from 1935 to 1936.

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