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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Vinson Massif canonical	26
Mount Vinson	6
Vinson Massif summit plateau	1
slopes of Vinson Massif	1

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Antarctica → hasHighestPoint → Vinson Massif ⓘ

Seven Summits → hasPart → Vinson Massif ⓘ

Seven Summits → highestPeakOfContinent → Vinson Massif ⓘ

Seven Summits → includesHighestMountainInAntarctica → Vinson Massif ⓘ

West Antarctica → hasHighestPoint → Vinson Massif ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Vinson

Vinson Massif → hasSummit → Vinson Massif self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Vinson

Vinson Massif → highestSummit → Vinson Massif self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Vinson

Richard Bass → climbed → Vinson Massif ⓘ

Ellsworth Mountains → contains → Vinson Massif ⓘ

Ellsworth Mountains → highestPoint → Vinson Massif ⓘ

American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition 1966–1967 → mainSubject → Vinson Massif ⓘ

American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition 1966–1967 → achievedOn → Vinson Massif ⓘ

American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition 1966–1967 → hasPeakClimbed → Vinson Massif ⓘ

William Long → climbed → Vinson Massif ⓘ

William Long → firstAscentOf → Vinson Massif ⓘ

Branscomb Glacier route → locatedOn → Vinson Massif ⓘ

Branscomb Glacier route → approaches → Vinson Massif ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vinson Massif summit plateau

Branscomb Glacier route → summits → Vinson Massif ⓘ

Union Glacier blue-ice runway → primaryAccessTo → Vinson Massif ⓘ

Union Glacier blue-ice runway → near → Vinson Massif ⓘ

Sentinel Range → contains → Vinson Massif ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Vinson

Sentinel Range → highestPoint → Vinson Massif ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Vinson

John Evans → mountain → Vinson Massif ⓘ

subject surface form: first ascent of Vinson Massif

John Evans → notableClimb → Vinson Massif ⓘ

Brian Marts → climbed → Vinson Massif ⓘ

Samuel Silverstein → climbed → Vinson Massif ⓘ

Branscomb Glacier → flowsAlong → Vinson Massif ⓘ

Branscomb Glacier → locatedNear → Vinson Massif ⓘ

Branscomb Glacier → associatedWith → Vinson Massif ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Vinson

Branscomb Glacier → flowsFrom → Vinson Massif ⓘ

this entity surface form: slopes of Vinson Massif

Roché Glacier → associatedWith → Vinson Massif ⓘ

Roché Glacier → hasNearbyFeature → Vinson Massif ⓘ