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Mount Ulmer () is a prominent peak situated 2 miles north of Mount Washburn in
Gromshin Heights Gromshin Heights ( bg, Громшински възвишения, ‘Gromshinski Vazvisheniya’ \'grom-shin-ski v&-zvi-'she-ni-ya\) are the heights rising to 2731 m
on the east side of northern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It surmounts the head of
Vicha Glacier Vicha Glacier ( bg, ледник Вича, lednik Vicha, ) is the 27 km long and 6 km wide glacier in Gromshin Heights on the east side of northern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is situated northeast of Newcome ...
to the east and
Newcomer Glacier Newcomer Glacier () is a glacier long transecting the north part of the Sentinel Range, flowing from the vicinity of Allen Peak southeast between Gromshin Heights and the main ridge of range, and then east between Gromshin Heights and Sost ...
to the west. The mountain was discovered in his trans-Antarctic flight on November 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth who called it "Mount Mary Louise Ulmer", after his wife. The peak was reidentified by comparing Ellsworth's photograph with those taken in 1959 by the U.S. Navy. The peak of the mountain rises to a total of 3,800 meters.


Maps


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.


References

Ellsworth Mountains Mountains of Ellsworth Land {{EllsworthLand-geo-stub