Mount Vinson

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Mount Vinson
Mount Vinson, view from the northwest (Vinson plateau)

Mount Vinson, view from the northwest (Vinson plateau)

height 4892  m
location West Antarctica
Mountains Vinson Massif , Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains
Dominance 4911 km →  Risco Plateado
Notch height 4892 m
Coordinates 78 ° 31 ′ 31 ″  S , 85 ° 37 ′ 2 ″  W Coordinates: 78 ° 31 ′ 31 ″  S , 85 ° 37 ′ 2 ″  W
Mount Vinson (Antarctica)
Mount Vinson
First ascent 1966 by Pete Schoening , John Evans , Barry Corbet and Bill Long
Normal way Hochtour glaciated
particularities Highest mountain in Antarctica
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The Mount Vinson is 4892  m , often also with 5140  m specified, the highest mountain of Antarctica - which is why he is one of the Seven Summits .

The mountain was named after the US Senator Carl Vinson , who promoted the exploration of Antarctica .

history

The mountain was discovered in January 1958 during a flight of the US Air Force through the Sentinel Range . The first ascent took place in December 1966 by an expedition of the American Alpine Club - financially supported by the National Geographic Society and with the support of the US Navy . Pete Schoening , John Evans, Barry Corbet and Bill Long were the first to reach the summit on December 18, 1966 . In the next two days, the other six expedition members also managed to climb the summit. This expedition climbed more of the highest mountains in the Sentinel Range in the weeks that followed.

In 2001, a US expedition led by Conrad Anker and Jon Krakauer succeeded in the first ascent of Mount Vinson on the east side.

The difficulties of the ascent via the normal route do not lie in the technical difficulties of the ascent, but are caused by the cold, storms and the extreme location in the Antarctic. The distance to the South Pole is approximately 1200 kilometers.

The starting point of most expeditions to Mount Vinson was the Patriot Hills Base Camp , about 120 kilometers away , which was replaced in 2010 by the newly built Union Glacier Camp .

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names put an end to the irritation surrounding the naming of the mountain in 2006 by treating it and the Vinson massif from which it rises as two separate geographical objects.

gallery

  • Map of the area around Mount Vinson

  • Mount Vinson, NASA satellite image

Web links

Commons : Vinson Massif  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ American Alpine Journal : Brian S. Marts: American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition in AAJ 1967, Volume 15, Issue 2, pp. 251f.
  2. ↑ "Mountain Of Ice" Expedition 2001