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Mount Southwick (78°46′S 84°55′W) is a mountain (3,280 m) in Owen Ridge near the south end of the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica, located 9 nautical miles (17 km) south-southeast of Mount Craddock. The peak surmounts Bolgrad Glacier to the northwest, Kornicker Glacier to the east and Sirma Glacier to the southwest.

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Map of Mount Southwick, Antarctica

It was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos from 1957-59. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Tech. Sgt. Thomas E. Southwick, a United States Marine Corps (USMC) navigator on a Navy R4D reconnaissance flight to these mountains on January 28, 1958.

Maps

  • Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
  • References

    Mount Southwick Wikipedia