Mount Vinson area

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical area
mountainous region
polar region
accessedVia Union Glacier Camp
ski-equipped aircraft landings
characterizedBy extreme cold
high winds
permanent ice and snow
climate polar climate
contains Branscomb Glacier
Clinch Peak
Corbet Peak
Dater Glacier
Goodge Col
Hinkley Peak
Hollister Peak
Hollister Ridge
Jacobsen Valley
Mount Vinson
linked to: Vinson Massif

Nimitz Glacier
Opalchenie Peak
Príncipe de Asturias Peak
Roché Glacier
Schoening Peak
Silverstein Peak
Vinson Massif
discoveredBy U.S. Navy aerial reconnaissance
discoveryYear 1958
governedBy Antarctic Treaty System
hasHighestPoint Mount Vinson
linked to: Vinson Massif
hasNo indigenous population
permanent settlements
highestPointElevation 16050 feet
4892 metres
locatedIn Antarctica
Ellsworth Mountains
Sentinel Range
Western Antarctica
linked to: West Antarctica
notableFor highest peak in Antarctica
partOf Antarctic interior
linked to: Antarctic plateau

Ellsworth Land
Seven Summits mountaineering objective
linked to: Seven Summits
population uninhabited
terrain broad glaciers
heavily glaciated mountains
steep ridges
usedFor mountaineering
polar expeditions
scientific research

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Union Glacier Camp servesRegion Mount Vinson area
Branscomb Glacier hasAccessPoint Mount Vinson base camp
linked to: Mount Vinson area
Nimitz Glacier flowsFrom southern Sentinel Range
linked to: Mount Vinson area