Mount Shear
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Mount Shear is a mountain
over 4,000 m, standing 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Mount Tyree
in the Sentinel Range
, Ellsworth Mountains
. Discovered by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party (1957–58) led by C.R. Bentley, and named for James A. Shear, scientific leader at Hallett Station during the IGY in 1957.
Mountain
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over 4,000 m, standing 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Mount Tyree
Mount Tyree
Mount Tyree is the second highest mountain of Antarctica located 13 kilometres northwest of Vinson Massif , the highest peak on the continent....
in 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...
, 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...
. Discovered by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party (1957–58) led by C.R. Bentley, and named for James A. Shear, scientific leader at Hallett Station during the IGY in 1957.