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Mount Wyatt Earp () is a mainly snow-covered peak, 2,370 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) west-northwest of
Antarctic Palaeoenvironments and Earth-Surface Processes
', PP 89–90 * David J. Cantrill, Imogen Poole,
The Vegetation of Antarctica through Geological Time
', PP 38–39 * Damien Gildea,
Mountaineering in Antarctica: complete guide: Travel guide
' * International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (1987),
Geological Evolution of Antarctica
', Cambridge, England, PP 195–197
Mount Wyatt Earp () is a mainly snow-covered peak, 2,370 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) west-northwest of Mount Ulmer
Mount Ulmer () is a prominent peak situated 2 miles north of Mount Washburn in Gromshin Heights on the east side of northern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It surmounts the head of Vicha Glacier to the east and Newc ...
in the north part of Sentinel Range, Antarctica. It is connected to Matsch Ridge
Matsch Ridge () is a prominent ridge at an elevation of about , extending for in a west-northwest direction from Mount Ulmer in Gromshin Heights on the east side of northern Sentinel Range in the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is connecte ...
and Mount Ulmer by Skamni Saddle
Skamni Saddle ( bg, седловина Скамни, ‘Sedlovina Skamni’ \se-dlo-vi-'na 'skam-ni\) is the 1.3 km long ice-covered saddle of elevation 1750 m in northern Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica connecting Mount ...
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The mountain was discovered by Lincoln Ellsworth on his trans-Antarctic flight of November 23, 1935. Named by the US-ACAN for the ship Wyatt Earp, used by Ellsworth in four expeditions to Antarctica between 1933 and 1939.
Further reading
* M.J. Hambrey, P.F. Barker, P.J. Barrett, V. Bowman, B. Davies, J.L. Smellie, M. Tranter, editors,Antarctic Palaeoenvironments and Earth-Surface Processes
', PP 89–90 * David J. Cantrill, Imogen Poole,
The Vegetation of Antarctica through Geological Time
', PP 38–39 * Damien Gildea,
Mountaineering in Antarctica: complete guide: Travel guide
' * International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (1987),
Geological Evolution of Antarctica
', Cambridge, England, PP 195–197
References
Ellsworth Mountains Mountains of Ellsworth Land {{EllsworthLand-geo-stub