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Mount Weems (77°27′S 86°10′W) is a prominent mountain, 2,210 m, located 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of Mount Ulmer near the north end of the Sentinel Range in the Ellsworth Mountains. It is connected to Gromshin Heights to the south by Kipra Gap.

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

The mountain was discovered by Lincoln Ellsworth on his trans-Antarctic flight of November 23, 1935. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Captain P. V. H. Weems, a retired inventor from the U.S. Navy and a developer of air navigation instrumentation and techniques and consultant to Ellsworth on air navigation problems of this flight.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Mount Weems". (content from the Geographic Names Information System) 



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Mount Weems ist ein markanter, 2210 m hoher Berg im westantarktischen Ellsworthland. Er ragt 13 km nördlich des Mount Ulmer nahe dem nördlichen Ende der Sentinel Range des Ellsworthgebirges auf.
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