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On November 1, 2006, US-ACAN declared Mount Vinson and Vinson Massif to be separate entities. [4] [5] Vinson Massif lies within the unrecognised Chilean claim under the Antarctic Treaty System. Mount Vinson is the highest peak in Antarctica, at 4,892 metres (16,050 ft). [6]
Elevation from 4000 m to 4600 m above sea level. Rising from the plateau is the summit of Antarctica Mount Vinson (4892 m), and several other peaks higher than 4700 m, albeit of modest prominence: Clinch Peak (4841 m), Corbet Peak (4822 m), Silverstein Peak (4790 m), Schoening Peak (4743 m) and Hollister Peak (4729 m).
Height on the other hand simply means elevation of the summit above sea level. Regarding parents, the prominence parent of peak A can be found by dividing the island or region in question into territories, by tracing the runoff from the key col (mountain pass) of every peak that is more prominent than peak A. The parent is the peak whose ...
The Sentinel Range is a major mountain range situated northward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the northern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica.The range trends NNW-SSE for about 185 km (115 mi) and is 24 to 48 km (15 to 30 mi) wide.
Vinson Massif: 4892 m 16,050 ft Deep ... The elevation ranges are also great in Nepal 8,789 ... The summit of Mount Vinson is the highest point of Antarctica and the ...
This is an incomplete list of notable mountains on Earth, sorted by elevation in metres above sea level. For a complete list of mountains over 7200 m high, with at least 500 m of prominence , see List of highest mountains .
Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica. Central and southern Sentinel Range map. Branscomb Peak is a small snowy prominence of elevation 4,520 metres (14,830 ft), the highest point of the ridge that forms the top of the main west face of Vinson Massif in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica.
Land surface elevation extremes by geographic region; Geographic region Highest point Maximum elevation Lowest point Minimum elevation Elevation span ⦁ Eurasia: Mount Everest, [1] China and Nepal: 8848 m 29,029 ft Dead Sea, [2] Israel, Jordan, and Palestine: −428 m −1,404 ft: 9,276 m 30,433 ft ⦁ Asia Mount Everest, [1] China and Nepal ...