Mount Milton

Mount Milton: Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.

Sentinel Range map.

Mount Milton (78°48′S 84°48′W / 78.8°S 84.8°W / -78.8; -84.8) is a mountain (3,000 m) located 11 nautical miles (20 km) south-southeast of Mount Craddock and 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) southeast of Mount Southwick, in the south part of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. It surmounts Kornicker Glacier to the northeast and Sirma Glacier to the west.

First 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 Patrick G. Milton, aviation machinist's mate, U.S. Navy, who served as plane captain on a reconnaissance flight to these mountains on January 28, 1958.

Maps

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

References

SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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