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Vinson Massif

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noun

  1. a mountain in Antarctica, near the Ronne Ice Shelf: highest point on Antarctica; discovered 1935. About 16,864 feet (5,140 meters).


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Besides, it was never about the summits — not Everest or Vinson Massif or Denali or Aconcagua or Kosciuszko or Elbrus or Kilimanjaro, either.

From Seattle Times Jun. 11, 2021

All that remains for the Jesup native is the 16,000-foot Vinson Massif on Antarctica.

From Washington Times Jan. 21, 2017

Stranded there for 11 days by an airline strike in Chile, she killed time by climbing the remaining peaks of the glacial Vinson Massif.

From New York Times Apr. 30, 2013

As mountains go, Antarctica's Vinson Massif* is not particularly awe-inspiring in its height.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1966 he’d made the first ascent of the Vinson Massif, Antarctica’s highest point.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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