Sentinel Range

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Mountain range in Antarctica

title: "Sentinel Range" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["ellsworth-mountains", "mountain-ranges-of-ellsworth-land"] description: "Mountain range in Antarctica" topic_path: "general/ellsworth-mountains" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinel_Range" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain range in Antarctica ::

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FieldValue
nameSentinel Range
photoSentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica.jpg
photo_size300px
photo_captionSentinel Range
country_typeContinent
countryAntarctica
regionEllsworth Land
parentEllsworth Mountains
borderHeritage Range
length_km185
width_km48
highestMount Vinson
elevation_m4892
range_coordinates
coordinates
map_imageSentinel-Range-location-map.png
map_size300
map_captionLocation of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica
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| name = Sentinel Range | photo = Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica.jpg | photo_size = 300px | photo_caption = Sentinel Range | country_type = Continent | country = Antarctica | region = Ellsworth Land | parent = Ellsworth Mountains | border = Heritage Range | geology = | period = | orogeny = | length_km = 185 | length_orientation = NNW-SSE | width_km = 48 | width_orientation = | highest = Mount Vinson | elevation_m = 4892 | range_coordinates = | coordinates = | map_image = Sentinel-Range-location-map.png | map_size = 300 | map_caption = Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica 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 185 km and is 24 to wide. Many peaks rise over 4000 m and Vinson Massif (4892 m) in the southern part of the range is the highest elevation on the continent.

Sentinel Range comprises a main ridge (featuring Vinson Massif in its southern portion) and a number of distinct heights, ridges and mountains on its east side, including (south to north) Owen Ridge, Petvar Heights, Doyran Heights, Veregava Ridge, Flowers Hills, Sullivan Heights, Barnes Ridge, Maglenik Heights, Probuda Ridge, Bangey Heights, Sostra Heights and Gromshin Heights. It is separated from Bastien Range to the southwest by Nimitz Glacier, and from Heritage Range to the south by lower Minnesota Glacier.

The range was first sighted and photographed from the air on November 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth who in naming it recognized its prominent position as a landmark on an otherwise featureless ice surface. The range was first visited and partially surveyed in January 1958 during the Sentinel Mountains Traverse led by Charles R. Bentley. The entire range was subsequently mapped by USGS from aerial photography taken by the U.S. Navy, 1958–61.

File:Northern-Sentinel-Map.jpg|Northern Sentinel Range, USGS map File:Vinson-Map.jpg|Central and southern Sentinel Range, USGS map

Key mountains and peaks

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Maps

  • Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
  • 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.

Features

Geographical features include:

Bangey Heights

Main article: Bangey Heights

Bastien Range

Main article: Bastien Range

  • Ereta Peak
  • Mount Klayn
  • Mount Fisek
  • Wild Knoll
  • Patmos Peak
  • Bergison Peak
  • O'Neal Nunataks
  • Camp Hills

Doyran Heights

Main article: Doyran Heights

Flowers Hills

Main article: Flowers Hills

Gromshin Heights

Main article: Gromshin Heights

Maglenik Heights

Main article: Maglenik Heights

Owen Ridge

Main article: Owen Ridge

Petvar Heights

Main article: Petvar Heights

Sostra Heights

Main article: Sostra Heights

Sullivan Heights

Main article: Sullivan Heights

Veregava Ridge

Main article: Veregava Ridge

Other features

References

References

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  2. [https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=131427 Sentinel Range.] SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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