Mount Bearskin

Mount Bearskin
Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.
Sentinel Range map.

Mount Bearskin (78°20′S 85°37′W / 78.333°S 85.617°W / -78.333; -85.617) is a mountain (2,850 m) located 5 nautical miles (9 km) northeast of Mount Tyree, between Patton and Cornwell Glaciers, in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Captain Leland S. Bearskin, United States Air Force (USAF), who participated in establishing the IGY South Pole Station in the 1956-57 season.

Maps

  • Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Bearskin" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).