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Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains · Antarctica
Vinson Massif
Vinson Massif is a large, heavily glaciated massif in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains and the highest point in Antarctica. Isolated deep in the continent's interior, it went undiscovered until first sighted from the air in 1958 and remains reachable only via chartered ski-planes.
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