Mount Liptak

Mount Liptak (78°45′S 84°54′W) is a mountain, 3,052 metres (10,013 ft) high with twin summits, located 7 nautical miles (13 km) southeast of Mount Craddock in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. It surmounts Bolgrad Glacier to the west and Kornicker Glacier to the east.

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.
Sentinel Range map.

It was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos from 1957–59, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for L.H. Liptak, an aviation machinist mate in the U.S. Navy who served as plane captain on the first reconnaissance flights to this vicinity in January 1958.[1]

Mount Liptak was first successfully climbed on December 28, 2012 by Pachi Ibarra, Ralf Laier and Todd Passey.

See also
  • Mountains in Antarctica

Maps
  • Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

References
  1. "Mount Liptak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-06-20.

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