Mount Barden (77°51′S 86°13′W / 77.850°S 86.217°W / -77.850; -86.217) is a mountain, 2,910 m, standing 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) northwest of Mount Sharp in the north portion of the Sentinel Range. It surmounts Zhenda Glacier to the east. The mountain was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Virgil W. Barden, an ionospheric physicist and member of the 1957 wintering party at Byrd Station.

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.
Northern Sentinel Range map.

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  This article incorporates public domain material from "Mount Barden". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.