Schoening Peak
| Schoening Peak | ||
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| height | 4743 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 31 '36 " S , 85 ° 27' 57" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Schoening Peak is a 4743 m high, steep and rocky mountain peak in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises on the eastern edge of the summit plateau of the Vinson massif 2.9 km east of Mount Vinson in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2006 after the American mountaineer Pete Schoening (1936-2004), participant of the American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition (1966-1967), in which the first ascent of the Vinson massif and other high mountains of the Sentinel Range succeeded.
Web links
- Schoening Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Schoening Peak on geographic.org (English)