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Mount Sinha
Mount Sinha
is a
mountain
at the southeast
extremity
of
Erickson Bluffs
in
the south
part of
McDonald Heights
. It overlooks
lower
Kirkpatrick Glacier
from the north
in
Marie Byrd Land
. Mapped by
United States Geological Survey
from surveys and U.S. Navy air
photos
, 1959–65. Named by
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
for
Akhouri Sinha
, member of the
biological
party that made
population studies
of seals, whales and
birds
in the
pack ice
of the Bellingshausen and
Amundsen Seas
using
USCGC Southwind
and its two
helicopters
, 1971–72.