Coordinates: 78°20′S 86°8′W / 78.333°S 86.133°W / -78.333; -86.133

Mount Shear

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Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.
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Central and southern Sentinel Range map.

Mount Shear (Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).) is a mountain over 4,000 m, standing 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Mount Tyree in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It surmounts Patton Glacier to the northeast. The peak was discovered by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party (1957–58) led by Charles R. Bentley, and was named for James A. Shear, a scientific leader at Hallett Station during the IGY in 1957.

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