Wild Knoll

Wild Knoll (Bulgarian: могила Уайлд, romanized: mogila Uajld, IPA: [ˈvrɤx ˈwajɫt]) is the peak rising to 2370 m in the central portion of Bastien Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. The feature has steep and partly ice-free west slopes, and surmounts upper Minnesota Glacier to the south-southwest.

Location of Bastien Range in Western Antarctica.
Map of Sentinel Range and Bastien Range.

The peak is named after the Swiss natural history illustrator John James (Jean Jacques) Wild (1824-1900), a member of the British 1872-76 Challenger Expedition who took the first photographs in the Antarctic region in 1874.

Location

Wild Knoll is located at 78°46′04.2″S 86°29′12.8″W, which is 12.76 km southwest of Mount Klayn, 12 km west-southwest of Mount Fisek and 13.65 km northwest of Patmos Peak. US mapping in 1961 and 1988.

Maps
  • Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.
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References


This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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