Sculpture Mountain
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Sculpture Mountain () is a large dissected
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between the
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and Sheehan Mesa. Named by the
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(NZGSAE), 1962–63, due to the cuspate
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which has been sculptured into the feature. The mountain is at the end of the Mesa Range and was renamed from Sculpture Tableland to the feature's current name when its status as a mountain was confirmed. Cherry Spur forms the southwest portion of the mountain, while Tooth Peak is in the north face.


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