• Lincoln Sentinel

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The Sentinel Range is the northern half of the Ellsworthgebirges in West Antarctica. It extends in NNW-SSE direction, is about 185km long, 50km wide and separated from the southern Heritage Range by the Minnesota Glacier.

The Sentinel Range is the highest mountain of Antarctica. It contains the five highest mountains, especially Mount Vinson with 4892 m.

This is followed by:

The mountain was first sighted from the air on 23 November 1935 by Lincoln Ellsworth and photographed.

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