
Mount Bearskin () is a
mountain
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(2,850 m) located 5 nautical miles (9 km) northeast of
Mount Tyree
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Mount or Mounts may also refer to:
Places
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* Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, ...
, between
Patton
George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a General (United States), general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, Mediterranean Theater ...
and
Crosswell Glacier
Crosswell Glacier () is a glacier long, flowing north-northeast from Mount Shinn between Sullivan Heights and Bearskin Ridge, in the central part of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. Together with Patton and Pulpudeva Glac ...
s, in the
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. M ...
,
Ellsworth Mountains
The Ellsworth Mountains are the highest mountain ranges in Antarctica, forming a long and wide chain of mountains in a north to south configuration on the western margin of the Ronne Ice Shelf in Marie Byrd Land. They are bisected by Minnesota ...
. It is linked to
Tyree Ridge
Tyree Ridge () is a narrow rock ridge that extends northeast for from Mount Tyree in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US- ...
by
Podgore Saddle
Podgore Saddle ( bg, седловина Подгоре, ‘Sedlovina Podgore’ \se-dlo-vi-'na pod-'go-re\) is the ice-covered flat saddle of elevation 2497 m .
The mountain was mapped by the
United States Geological Survey
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(USGS) from surveys and
U.S. Navy
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air photos, 1957–59. It was named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.
History
The committee was established ...
(US-ACAN) for Captain
Leland S. Bearskin Leland may refer to:
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* Lel ...
of the
United States Air Force
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(USAF), who participated in establishing the
IGY South Pole Station
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Etymology
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in the 1956–57 season.
See also
*
Mountains in Antarctica
This is a list of all the Ultra prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in Antarctica. Some islands in the South Atlantic have also been included and can be found at the end of the list.
Antarctica
South Atl ...
Maps
Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.
Ellsworth Mountains
Mountains of Ellsworth Land
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