Mount Stent
Appearance
Mount Stent | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,010 m (6,590 ft) |
Coordinates | 81°15′S 156°20′E / 81.250°S 156.333°E |
Naming | |
Etymology | Named for N. E. Stent |
Geography | |
Location | West of Churchill Mountains, Oates Land, Antarctica |
Parent range | Wallabies Nunataks |
Mount Stent is 2,010 m (6,590 ft) mountain at the southern extreme of the Wallabies Nunataks, west of the Churchill Mountains.
It was named in honor of N. E. Stent, a member of the 1961 Cape Hallett winter-over team, working as a technician on the geomagnetic project.
References
This article incorporates public domain material from "Mount Stent". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.