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==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
The mountain was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos collected during the years 1959–65. Mount Sinha was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in honor of Akhouri Sinha, who served as a member of the biological party that made population studies of seals, whales and birds in the pack ice of the [[Bellingshausen Sea|Bellingshausen]] and [[Amundsen Sea]]s using USCGC ''Southwind'' and its two helicopters during the 1971–72 research season. | The mountain was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos collected during the years 1959–65. Mount Sinha was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in honor of Akhouri Sinha, who served as a member of the biological party that made population studies of seals, whales and birds in the pack ice of the [[Bellingshausen Sea|Bellingshausen]] and [[Amundsen Sea]]s using USCGC ''Southwind'' and its two helicopters during the 1971–72 research season. | ||
==Noble title== | |||
As part of the [[20th Anniversary Honors and Appointments]] celebrating [[Westarctica]]'s 20 years of sovereignty, [[Prince-Consort Dinny]] was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica|peerage title]] Count of Sinha. | |||
[[Category:Mountains]] | [[Category:Mountains]] | ||