Mount Dolence () is a remarkably spired bare rock mountain, high, located in the northwestern extremity of the
Enterprise Hills
The Enterprise Hills are a prominent group of largely ice-free hills and peaks in the form of an arc. The feature extends for about to form the north and northeast boundary of Horseshoe Valley in the Heritage Range of the Ellsworth Mountains. Th ...
and separated from the
Edson Hills
The Edson Hills () are a group of mainly ice-free hills lying south of Drake Icefall and west of Union Glacier in the Heritage Range of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. They were named by the University of Minnesota Ellsworth Mountains Party, ...
by the upper part of
Union Glacier
Union Glacier (), is a large, heavily crevassed glacier which receives the flow of several tributaries and drains through the middle of the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. The glacier drains from the plateau at Edson Hills on ...
, in the
Heritage Range
The Heritage Range is a major mountain range, long and wide, situated southward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the southern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range is complex, consisting of scattered ridges and peaks of mod ...
,
Ellsworth Mountains. It was named by the
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...
Ellsworth Mountains Party, 1962–63, for
Jerry D. Dolence, a geologist and a member of the party.
[ In February 2023 ]Alex Honnold
Alexander Honnold (born August 17, 1985) is an American rock climber best known for his Free solo climbing, free solo ascents of Big wall climbing, big walls. Honnold rose to prominence in June 2017 when he became the first person to free solo El ...
published pictures of a new climb that he and Estaban Mena did on Mt. Dolence.
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 ...
References
Ellsworth Mountains
Mountains of Ellsworth Land
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