Mount Tyree

Mount Tyree
Mount Tyree from the east
height	4852  m
location	West Antarctica
Mountains	Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains
Coordinates	78 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  S , 85 ° 55 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 78 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  S , 85 ° 55 ′ 0 ″  W
First ascent	January 6, 1967 , by Barry Corbet , John P. Evans
Normal way	Hochtour glaciated

Mount Tyree is a mountain in the Ellsworth Mountains of West Antarctica Ellsworthland . With an altitude of 4852  m , it is the second highest mountain in Antarctica after Mount Vinson ( 4892  m ), which is 13 km northwest of it .

history

Mount Tyree was discovered in January 1958 during a reconnaissance flight of the US Navy VX-6 squadron. In the same month he was mapped by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party. The mountain was named after Rear Admiral David Merrill Tyree (1904–1984), commander of the US Naval Support Force in the Antarctic from April 14, 1959 to November 26, 1962. It was first recognized in 1967 by members of a Nicolas Clinch (* 1930 ) guided expedition. The same expedition also made the first ascent of Mount Vinson, Mount Shinn (4661 m) and Mount Gardner (4587 m). This expedition had climbed the four highest mountains in Antarctica. With the Long Gables (4150 m) and Mount Ostenso (4180 m) there are two more first ascents.

As the second highest mountain on its continent, Mount Tyree is one of the Seven Second Summits . Like almost all of these mountains, it is considered to be more difficult to climb than its higher counterpart, Mount Vinson. In terms of climbing, Mount Tyree, which is only 40 meters lower, has higher demands. In addition, it is much less developed than Mount Vinson, which became popular as one of the Seven Summits . Until 2007 the Tyree had only been climbed seven times, while by the same time well over a thousand climbers had reached the summit of Mount Vinson.

Ascents (as of 2012)

No.	year	Attendees
1	1967	Barry Corbet, John Evans
2	1985	Mugs stump
3	1997	Antoine Chayrol, Antoine de Choudens
4th	1997	Conrad Anker , Alexander Lowe
5	2012	Hans Kammerlander , Robert Miller, Christian Stangl

gallery

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  Map of the Mount Tyree area, Sentinel Range

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  Sentinel Range, NASA satellite image

Individual evidence

1. ^ Brian S. Marts: American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition. (pdf) Expedition report of the American Alpine Club . Retrieved July 26, 2010 (in English, archived at wikiwix.com). 
2. ↑ Jeff Rubin: Antarctica . 4th edition. Lonely Planet , 2008, ISBN 978-1-74104-549-9 , pp. 73 .
3. ↑ Christian Stangl : Mt.Tyree - K2 Antarctica. Archived from the original on December 21, 2009 ; accessed on March 31, 2011 . 
4. ^ Damien Gildea: Tyree - A History. (No longer available online.) November 12, 2007, archived from the original on October 7, 2011 ; accessed on December 11, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ^ Christian Stangl: Mt. Tyree. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 26, 2012 ; Retrieved October 7, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• Brian S. Marts: American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition 1967. (pdf) Retrieved July 26, 2010 (English, expedition report of the American Alpine Club - archived at wikiwix.com).