Mount Barden
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Mount Barden is a mountain
, 2,910 m, standing 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) northwest of Mount Sharp
in the north portion of the Sentinel Range
. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for Virgil W. Barden, an ionospheric physicist and member of the 1957 wintering party at Byrd Station
.
Mountain
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, 2,910 m, standing 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) northwest of Mount Sharp
Mount Sharp
Mount Sharp is a mountain over 3,000 m, standing 2 miles southeast of Mount Barden in the north part of the Sentinel Range. Mapped by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse party, 1957–58, who named the mountain for Professor Robert P. Sharp, member of the Technical Panel on Glaciology, U.S. National...
in the north portion of the 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 wide...
. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for Virgil W. Barden, an ionospheric physicist and member of the 1957 wintering party at Byrd Station
Byrd Station
Byrd Station refers to a research station established by the United States during the International Geophysical Year by the U.S. Navy during Operation Deep Freeze II in West Antarctica at 80°, 120°W...
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