Mount Vinson area

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geographical area mountainous region polar region

The Mount Vinson area is a remote mountainous region of the Sentinel Range in Antarctica that includes Mount Vinson, the continent’s highest peak and a major destination for polar mountaineering expeditions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Mount Vinson area canonical	1
Mount Vinson base camp	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical area ⓘ mountainous region ⓘ polar region ⓘ
accessedVia	Union Glacier Camp NERFINISHED ⓘ ski-equipped aircraft landings ⓘ
characterizedBy	extreme cold ⓘ high winds ⓘ permanent ice and snow ⓘ
climate	polar climate ⓘ
contains	Branscomb Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Clinch Peak NERFINISHED ⓘ Corbet Peak NERFINISHED ⓘ Dater Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Goodge Col NERFINISHED ⓘ Hinkley Peak NERFINISHED ⓘ Hollister Peak NERFINISHED ⓘ Hollister Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacobsen Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Vinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Nimitz Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Opalchenie Peak NERFINISHED ⓘ Príncipe de Asturias Peak NERFINISHED ⓘ Roché Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ Schoening Peak NERFINISHED ⓘ Silverstein Peak NERFINISHED ⓘ Vinson Massif NERFINISHED ⓘ
discoveredBy	U.S. Navy aerial reconnaissance ⓘ
discoveryYear	1958 ⓘ
governedBy	Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
hasHighestPoint	Mount Vinson NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNo	indigenous population ⓘ permanent settlements ⓘ
highestPointElevation	16050 feet ⓘ 4892 metres ⓘ
locatedIn	Antarctica ⓘ Ellsworth Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Sentinel Range NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Antarctica NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	highest peak in Antarctica ⓘ
partOf	Antarctic interior NERFINISHED ⓘ Ellsworth Land NERFINISHED ⓘ Seven Summits mountaineering objective NERFINISHED ⓘ
population	uninhabited ⓘ
terrain	broad glaciers ⓘ heavily glaciated mountains ⓘ steep ridges ⓘ
usedFor	mountaineering ⓘ polar expeditions ⓘ scientific research ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Union Glacier Camp → servesRegion → Mount Vinson area ⓘ

Branscomb Glacier → hasAccessPoint → Mount Vinson area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Vinson base camp