Mount Alf

Mount Alf (77°55′S 86°07′W) is a mountain rising over 3,200 m between Mount Sharp and Mount Dalrymple in the north part of the Sentinel Range, Antarctica. It surmounts Sabazios Glacier to the northeast.

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

The mountain was mapped by the Charles R. Bentley-led Marie Byrd Land Traverse party, 1957–58. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Edward A. Alf, meteorologist, member of the 1957 wintering party at Byrd Station.[1]

See also

  • Mountains in Antarctica

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Mount Alf". (content from the Geographic Names Information System) 


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