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Coordinates: 77°32′S 86°9′W / 77.533°S 86.150°W / -77.533; -86.150
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'''Polarstar Peak''' ({{coord|77|32|S|86|9|W|display=inline,title}}) is a [[summit (topography)|peak]] rising above 2,400 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of [[Mount Ulmer]] in the north part of the [[Sentinel Range]]. It 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 the airplane [[Polar Star]] in which Ellsworth made the historic flight.
'''Polarstar Peak''' ({{coord|77|32|S|86|9|W|display=inline,title}}) is a [[summit (topography)|peak]] rising above 2,400 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of [[Mount Ulmer]] in [[Gromshin Heights]] on the east side of northern [[Sentinel Range]] in [[Ellsworth Mountains]], [[Antarctica]]. It surmounts the head of [[Vicha Glacier]] to the southeast.


The peak 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 the airplane [[Polar Star]] in which Ellsworth made the historic flight.
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==See also==
* [[Mountains in Antarctica]]

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[[Category:Mountains of Ellsworth Land]]
[[Category:Mountains of Ellsworth Land]]

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

Polarstar Peak (77°32′S 86°9′W / 77.533°S 86.150°W / -77.533; -86.150) is a peak rising above 2,400 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Mount Ulmer in Gromshin Heights on the east side of northern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It surmounts the head of Vicha Glacier to the southeast.

The peak 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 the airplane Polar Star in which Ellsworth made the historic flight.

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