VINSON MASSIF

Mount Vinson, in the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica's highest range peak in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains of western Antarctica, overlooking Ronne Ice Shelf. Discovered in 1935 by the American explorer Lincoln Ellsworth, it is, at 16,066 feet (4,897 m) above sea level, the highest mountain on the continent. The massif slopes gently to the northwest.