Mount Atkinson

Mount Atkinson

Mount Atkinson (coord|78|39|S|85|29|W|) is a prominent mountain rising to about 3,300 m, 3.5 miles (6 km) west-southwest of Mount Craddock in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1957-60. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Richard C. Atkinson, Director, National Science Foundation, 1977-80.


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