Silverstein Peak
Silverstein Peak | ||
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height | 4790 m | |
location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
Mountains | Vinson Massif , Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
Coordinates | 78 ° 32 '48 " S , 85 ° 39' 14" W | |
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Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) |
The Silverstein Peak is a 4790 m high and distinctive mountain peak in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises 2.1 km southwest of Mount Vinson from the Vinson massif in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2006 after the American mountaineer Samuel Silverstein, a member of the American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition (1966-1967), which succeeded in the first ascent of the Vinson massif and other high mountains in the Sentinel Range.
Web links
- Silverstein Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Silverstein Peak on geographic.org (English)