Mountain landscape: Vinson
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Peak · Antarctica

Vinson

Mount Vinson / Vinson Massif

The highest mountain of Antarctica, a remote massif of the Sentinel Range reached by ski plane from Union Glacier.

Location: Antarctica. The nearest hut or camp in the atlas is Union Glacier Camp, 151 km away; the nearest peak is Mount Tyree, 14 km away.

Elevation
4,892m
Where it is
Territory
Antarctic Treaty area
Range
Sentinel Range
Continent
Antarctica
Coordinates
78.5256° S, 85.6172° W
Type
Peak

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Camps and huts nearby

Huts, camps and bases that serve Vinson, and others within 40 km.

Nearest peaks in Antarctica

The nearest peaks on the same continent, measured in a straight line.

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