Mount Tuck

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.

Sentinel Range map.

Mount Tuck (78°29′S 84°50′W / 78.483°S 84.833°W / -78.483; -84.833) is a pyramidal mountain (3,560 m) at the head of Hansen Glacier, the summit of Doyran Heights in the Sentinel Range of Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. 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 Lieutenant John Tuck, Jr., U.S. Navy, Navy support leader at the South Pole Station in 1957.

Maps

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

References

• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer

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

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