Fukushima Peak

Fukushima Peak
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height	4634 m
location	Ellsworthland , West Antarctica
Mountains	Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains
Coordinates	78 ° 33 ′ 31 ″ S , 85 ° 34 ′ 16 ″ W Coordinates: 78 ° 33 ′ 31 ″ S , 85 ° 34 ′ 16 ″ W
Normal way	Alpine tour (glaciated)

The Fukushima Peak is a 4634 m high and prominent mountain peak in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises at the southern end of the Vinson massif around 3 km south of Mount Vinson in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains .

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2006 after Eiichi Fukushima, a participant in the American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition (1966-1967), who succeeded in the first ascent of the Vinson massif and other high mountains in the Sentinel Range.

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