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Mount Cantello

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Parent range
  
Bowers Mountains

Mountain range
  
Bowers Mountains

Elevation
  
1,820 m

Mount Cantello

Location
  
Pennell Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica

Mount Cantello (70°52′S 163°7′E) is a mountain, 1,820 metres (5,970 ft) high, on the north side of Crawford Glacier, 4 nautical miles (7 km) northwest of Mount Keith, in the Bowers Mountains, a major mountain range situated within Victoria Land, Antarctica. The topographical feature was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–65, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Dominic Cantello, Jr., U.S. Navy, electrician with the South Pole Station party, 1965. The mountain lies situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare.

Map of Mount Cantello, Antarctica

References

Mount Cantello Wikipedia