Mount Viets
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Mount Viets is a sharp pyramidal mountain
over 3,600 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Mount Giovinetto in the main ridge of the Sentinel Range
, Ellsworth Mountains
. Discovered by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse party, 1957–58, under C.R. Bentley, and named for Ronald L. Viets, geophysicist at Little America V Station in 1957.
Mountain
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over 3,600 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Mount Giovinetto in the main ridge of 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, under C.R. Bentley, and named for Ronald L. Viets, geophysicist at Little America V Station in 1957.