Mount Reimer

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.
Northern Sentinel Range map.

Mount Reimer (77°48′S 86°12′W / 77.800°S 86.200°W / -77.800; -86.200Coordinates: 77°48′S 86°12′W / 77.800°S 86.200°W / -77.800; -86.200) is a mountain, 2,430 m, in the northern portion of the Sentinel Range, standing on the south side of Newcomer Glacier 5 mi southwest of Mount Warren. It surmounts Skaklya Glacier to the southeast and Vidul Glacier to the north-northwest.

The mountain was named by US-ACAN for John D. Reimer of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6, aerial photographer on flights over this range on Dec. 14-15, 1959.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Reimer". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-11-11.

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