Vinson Massif

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Antarctic four-thousander mountain mountain massif

Vinson Massif is the highest mountain in Antarctica, located in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Mount Vinson 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Antarctic four-thousander ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
mountain massif ⓘ
accessPoint Union Glacier blue-ice runway ⓘ
averageSummitTemperatureInSeason −30 °C ⓘ
climbingAttraction popular objective for Seven Summits climbers ⓘ
climbingDifficulty non-technical but extremely cold ⓘ
continent Antarctica ⓘ
coordinates 78.525°S 85.617°W ⓘ
country Antarctica ⓘ
discoveredBy U.S. Navy aerial photography ⓘ
discoveryYear 1958 ⓘ
elevation 16050 ft ⓘ
4892 m ⓘ
firstAscenders Barry Corbet ⓘ
Brian Marts ⓘ
John Evans ⓘ
Nicholas Clinch ⓘ
Pete Schoening ⓘ
Samuel Silverstein ⓘ
William Long ⓘ
firstAscentDate 1966-12-18 ⓘ
firstAscentExpedition American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition 1966–1967 ⓘ
glacierOnFlanks Branscomb Glacier ⓘ
Jacobsen Valley glaciers ⓘ
Roché Glacier ⓘ
hasSummit Vinson Massif self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mount Vinson
highestPointOf Antarctica ⓘ
highestSummit Vinson Massif self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mount Vinson
isPartOf Antarctica ⓘ
surface form: Antarctic interior
listing Seven Summits ⓘ
locatedIn Ellsworth Land ⓘ
Ellsworth Mountains ⓘ
Sentinel Range ⓘ
West Antarctica ⓘ
surface form: Western Antarctica
mapRegion USGS Vinson Massif topographic map ⓘ
mountainRange Sentinel Range ⓘ
namedAfter Carl Vinson ⓘ
namedBy United States Board on Geographic Names ⓘ
surface form: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
nearestResearchStation Union Glacier Camp ⓘ
notableFor being the highest peak on the Antarctic continent ⓘ
partOf Ellsworth Mountains ⓘ
Sentinel Range ⓘ
prominence 4892 m ⓘ
relativeLocation about 1200 km from the South Pole ⓘ
standardRoute Branscomb Glacier route ⓘ
topographicIsolation 3400 km ⓘ
typicalClimbingSeason November to January ⓘ
yearNamed 1961 ⓘ

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Antarctica → hasHighestPoint → Vinson Massif ⓘ
West Antarctica → hasHighestPoint → Vinson Massif ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Vinson
Seven Summits → hasPart → Vinson Massif ⓘ
Vinson Massif → hasSummit → Vinson Massif self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Vinson
Seven Summits → highestPeakOfContinent → Vinson Massif ⓘ
Vinson Massif → highestSummit → Vinson Massif self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Vinson