Mount Press is a peak

Summit (topography)

In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...

 rising to 3,760 m in the north-central 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...

 in Ellsworth Mountains

Ellsworth Mountains

The Ellsworth Mountains are the highest mountain ranges in Antarctica, forming a long and wide chain of mountains in a north to south configuration on the western margin of the Ronne Ice Shelf. They are bisected by Minnesota Glacier to form the northern Sentinel Range and the southern Heritage...

, Antarctica. It is linked to Eyer Peak

Eyer Peak

Eyer Peak is the peak rising to in Probuda Ridge, north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is separated from the north-northeastern part of Probuda Ridge by the high Zvegor Saddle, and surmounts Embree Glacier to the northwest and north, and Ellen Glacier to the...

 by Zvegor Saddle

Zvegor Saddle

Zvegor Saddle is the saddle of elevation 2500 m between Eyer Peak and Mount Press in Probuda Ridge, north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains...

, and surmounts Embree Glacier

Embree Glacier

Embree Glacier is a 20 mi long glacier in the north-central part of Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, draining the eastern slopes of Mount Hale, Mount Davis and Mount Bentley, the northeast slopes of Mount Anderson, and the northwestern slopes of Probuda Ridge, flowing north-northeastwards and...

 to the north and Ellen Glacier

Ellen Glacier

The Ellen Glacier is an Antarctic glacier in central Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, draining the eastern slopes of Mount Anderson and Long Gables and flowing generally SE for 35 km to Barnes Ridge, where it leaves the range and enters the south flowing Rutford Ice Stream.First mapped by...

 to the southeast. Mount Press is the summit of Probuda Ridge

Probuda Ridge

Probuda Ridge is the long and wide side ridge descending from Mount Anderson north-northeastwards towards Mount Todd in north-central Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The ridge features Eyer Peak , Mount Press and Mount Todd , and surmounts Embree Glacier to the west and...

 and was first ascended by the Australian-Chilean team of Damien Gildea

Damien Gildea

Damien Gildea is an Australian mountaineer and Antarctic explorer who climbed extensively in Antarctica, Nepal, Tibet, Pakistan, Bolivia, Alaska, New Zealand and elsewhere...

 on 31 December 2006.

The peak is named for Frank Press

Frank Press

Frank Press is an American geophysicist.Born in Brooklyn, New York, Press was science advisor to President Jimmy Carter from1976 to 1980,and president of the U.S. NationalAcademy of Sciences from 1981 to 1993...

, vice chairman of the technical panel on glaciology of the U.S. National Committee for the IGY

International Geophysical Year

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; later (1977- ) White House Science Advisor

Office of Science and Technology Policy

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.

Location

Mount Press is located at (78°09′18"S 85°59′45"W), which is 4.42 km north-northeast of Eyer Peak, 8.78 km northeast of Mount Anderson

Mount Anderson (Antarctica)

Mount Anderson is a high mountain in the northern part of the Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. Probuda Ridge is trending northeast of the peak, and Ellen Glacier and Embree Glacier drain its eastern and northeastern slopes respectively...

, 7.19 km east by north of Mount Davis and 3 km south by west of Mount Todd

Mount Todd

Mount Todd is a peak rising to 3,600 m at the north extremity of Probuda Ridge in north-central Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. It surmounts Embree Glacier to the west, Patleyna Glacier to the northeast and Ellen Glacier to the south-southeast.The peak was named in 1984 by the...

. Mapped by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party (1957–58) led by C.R. Bentley, updated US mapping in 1988 and by Gildea

Damien Gildea

Damien Gildea is an Australian mountaineer and Antarctic explorer who climbed extensively in Antarctica, Nepal, Tibet, Pakistan, Bolivia, Alaska, New Zealand and elsewhere...

 (by GPS

Global Positioning System

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) in 2006.

Maps

• Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
• Vinson Massif and the Sentinel Range Topographical Map. 1:50,000. The Omega Foundation, 2007.