Sentinel Range

Sentinel Range
The Sentinel Range is a major mountain range situated northward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the northern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range trends NNW-SSE for about and is 24 to 48 km (15 to 30 mi) wide. Many peaks rise over and Vinson Massif (4892 m) in the southern part of the range is the highest elevation on the continent.
Sentinel Range comprises a main ridge (featuring Vinson Massif in its southern portion) and a number of distinct heights, ridges and mountains on its east side, including (south to north) Owen Ridge, Petvar Heights, Doyran Heights, Veregava Ridge, Flowers Hills, Sullivan Heights, Barnes Ridge, Maglenik Heights, Probuda Ridge, Bangey Heights, Sostra Heights and Gromshin Heights. It is separated from Bastien Range to the southwest by Nimitz Glacier, and from Heritage Range to the south by lower Minnesota Glacier.
The range was first sighted and photographed from the air on November 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth who in naming it recognized its prominent position as a landmark on an otherwise featureless ice surface. The range was first visited and partially surveyed in January 1958 during the Sentinel Mountains Traverse led by Charles R. Bentley. The entire range was subsequently mapped by USGS from aerial photography taken by the U.S. Navy, 1958-61.
Key mountains and peaks
Maps
Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
Newcomer Glacier. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1961.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.
Features
Geographical features include:
Bangey Heights
Bastien Range
Doyran Heights
Flowers Hills
Gromshin Heights
Maglenik Heights
Owen Ridge
Petvar Heights
Sostra Heights
Sullivan Heights
Veregava Ridge
Other features
Ahrida Peak
Allen Peak
Arzos Peak
Aster Glacier
Beadnos Nunatak
Bender Glacier
Bohot Nunatak
Boyce Ridge
Branscomb Glacier
Branscomb Peak
Brichebor Peak
Brocks Peak
Bruguière Peak
Bugueño Pinnacle
Burdenis Glacier
Cairns Glacier
Cervellati Glacier
Chaplin Peak
Clinch Peak
Corbet Peak
Craddock Massif
Craig Ridge
Damien Gildea
Debren Pass
Della Pia Glacier
Delyo Glacier
Donnellan Glacier
Doyran Heights
Drama Glacier
Duridanov Peak
Elfring Peak
Enitsa Peak
Epperly Ridge
Evans Peak
Eyer Peak
Fisher Nunatak
Flowers Hills
Fonfon Glacier
Frontier Nunataks
Fukushima Peak
Galicia Peak
Gerila Glacier
Gilbert Spur
Gildea Glacier
Giles Glacier
Goloe Pass
Goodge Col
Hammer Col
Hariton Peak
Helfert Nunatak
Hinkley Glacier
Hollister Peak
Holth Peaks
Howard Nunataks
Ichev Nunatak
Jacobsen Valley
Knutzen Peak
Kovil Nunatak
Lanz Peak
Long Gables
MacDonald Peak
Marts Peak
Memolli Nunatak
Miller Peak
Minnesota Glacier
Mount Alf
Mount Anderson
Mount Atkinson
Mount Barden
Mount Bearskin
Mount Bentley
Mount Besch
Mount Craddock
Mount Crawford
Mount Dalrymple
Mount Davis
Mount Dawson
Mount Epperly
Mount Gardner
Mount Giovinetto
Mount Goldthwait
Mount Hale
Mount Holmboe
Mount Hubley
Mount Jumper
Mount Liavaag
Mount Liptak
Mount Lymburner
Mount Milton
Mount Morris
Mount Osborne
Mount Ostenso
Mount Press
Mount Reimer
Mount Rutford
Mount Sharp
Mount Shear
Mount Shinn
Mount Sisu
Mount Slaughter
Mount Tegge
Mount Todd
Mount Viets
Mount Wyatt Earp
Moyher Ridge
Mursalitsa Peak
Nell Peak
Nikola Peak
Obelya Glacier
Olsen Peak
Opalchenie Peak
Ostrusha Nunatak
Owen Ridge
Pastrogor Peak
Patton Glacier
Podgore Saddle
Ponor Saddle
Príncipe de Asturias Peak
Progled Saddle
Rada Peak
Ramorino Glacier
Ranuli Ice Piedmont
Ravulya Nunatak
Roché Glacier
Rumyana Glacier
Saltzman Glacier
Sanchez Peak
Schatz Ridge
Schoening Peak
Severinghaus Glacier
Shinn Ridge
Shockey Peak
Silverstein Peak
Silyanov Peak
Skafida Peak
Sowers Glacier
Stolnik Peak
Strahil Peak
Taylor Ledge
Toros Peak
Tulaczyk Glacier
Tyree Ridge
Valchan Peak
Vanand Peak
Veregava Ridge
Versinikia Peak
Vinson Massif
Vinson Plateau
Wahlstrom Peak
Willis Ridge
Zalmoxis Peak
Zapol Glacier
Zinsmeister Ridge
Zvegor Saddle
Further reading
Damien Gildea, Mountaineering in Antarctica: complete guide: Travel guide
External links
Sentinel Range. Adjusted Copernix satellite image
References
Ellsworth Mountains
Mountain ranges of Ellsworth Land