Evans Peak

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Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.
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Evans Peak (78°17′S 85°58′W / 78.283°S 85.967°W / -78.283; -85.967) is a prominent rock peak, 3,950 metres (12,960 ft) high, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) east-northeast of Mount Ostenso in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It overlooks Rumyana Glacier to the north and Patton Glacier to the south. The peak was named by the University of Minnesota Geological Party to these mountains, 1963–64, for John Evans, a geologist with the party.[1]

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