Sentinel Range

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Sentinel Range is a major mountain range in Antarctica’s Ellsworth Mountains, known for containing Vinson Massif, the continent’s highest peak.

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Label Occurrences
Sentinel Range canonical 13

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range
climate polar ice-cap climate
contains Crosswell Glacier
Dater Glacier
Mount Anderson
Mount Bearskin
Mount Bentley
Mount Craddock
Mount Epperly
Mount Gardner
Mount Giovinetto
Mount Hubley
Mount Ostenso
Mount Press
Mount Reimer
Mount Segers
Mount Shinn
Mount Todd
Mount Tyree
Mount Viets
Vinson Massif
surface form: Mount Vinson

Mount Waldron
Newcomer Glacier
Nimitz Glacier
Rutford Ice Stream
Vinson Massif
continent Antarctica
country Antarctica
discoveredBy Lincoln Ellsworth
United States Antarctic Service Expedition
surface form: United States Antarctic Service
geology primarily composed of sedimentary and metamorphic rocks
hasFeature heavily glaciated terrain
ice-covered valleys
steep peaks
highestPoint Vinson Massif
surface form: Mount Vinson

Vinson Massif
knownFor containing the highest peak in Antarctica
mountaineering and scientific research activities
locatedIn Ellsworth Land
Ellsworth Mountains
West Antarctica
surface form: Western Antarctica
locatedOn Antarctic Peninsula
surface form: Antarctic Peninsula tectonic block
mountainRangeType subrange of the Ellsworth Mountains
namedAfter its appearance as a sentinel guarding the interior of Antarctica
orientation north–south
partOf Ellsworth Mountains
Transantarctic and related Antarctic mountain systems

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Vinson Massif locatedIn Sentinel Range
Vinson Massif partOf Sentinel Range
Vinson Massif mountainRange Sentinel Range
Ellsworth Mountains contains Sentinel Range
Ellsworth Mountains hasSubrange Sentinel Range
William Long mountainRange Sentinel Range
subject surface form: Vinson Massif
Branscomb Glacier route locatedIn Sentinel Range
John Evans partOf Sentinel Range
subject surface form: Vinson Massif
John Evans mountainRange Sentinel Range
subject surface form: Vinson Massif
Branscomb Glacier locatedIn Sentinel Range
Branscomb Glacier drainageBasin Sentinel Range
Roché Glacier hasNearbyFeature Sentinel Range