(Image source from: US names peak Mt Sinha after Indian origin scientist)

Eminent Indian-American scientist Akhouri Sinha got a rare honour from the US. A mountain peak in Antarctica was named Mt. Sinha after him. Sinha had done pioneering biological research expedition in the frozen continent has provided valuable data related to animal populations.

Sinha is an adjunct professor in University of Minnesota in the department of genetics, cell biology and development. The US Geological Survey recognized his work as an explorer and named the mountain Mt Sinha honouring the eminent scientist.

Sinha and his team undertook population studies of seals, whales and birds and catalogued the same. population studies of seals, whales and birds in the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas. The research team used US Coast Guard Cutters Southwind and Glaciers in 1972 and 1974 for their project.

Mt Sinha, with a height of 990 m, is located in the southeast extreme of Erickson Bluffs, in southern part of McDonald Heights. The peak overlooks lower Kirkpatrick Glacier in the north, in Marie Byrd Land.

The decision to name the peak after Sinha was taken by the US Geological Survey and the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN).

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