Antarctica

Vinson Massif

Vinson Massif is a large mountain massif in that is 21 km long and 13 km wide and lies within the of the .
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,892 metres
  • Description: massif containing the highest peak in Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Mount Vinson” and “Vinson massif”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Galicia Peak.

Peak
Galicia Point is the peak rising to 4480 m in Vinson Massif, in , , and surmounting Jacobsen Valley to the east and to the north and west.

Vinson Massif

Latitude
-78.5254° or 78° 31′ 31″ south
Longitude
-85.61739° or 85° 37′ 3″ west
Elevation
4,892 metres (16,050 feet)
Open location code
26HPF9FM+R2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2648209951
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
6627584
Wiki­data ID
Q163758
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Satellite Map

Discover Vinson Massif from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Vinson Massif” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Mount Vinson”
  • Amharic: “ቪንሶን ማሲፍ”
  • Arabic: “جبل فينسون”
  • Arabic: “فينسون ماسيف”
  • Armenian: “Վինսոն լեռնազանգված”
  • Asturian: “Macizu Vinson”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vinson massivi”
  • Basque: “Vinson”
  • Belarusian: “Вінсан”
  • Belarusian: “Гара Вінсан”
  • Belarusian: “Масіў Вінсан”
  • Bengali: “ভিনসন স্তূপপর্বত”
  • Bosnian: “Vinsonov masiv”
  • Breton: “Menez Vinson”
  • Bulgarian: “Винсън”
  • Bulgarian: “Масив Винсън”
  • Catalan: “massís Vinson”
  • Catalan: “Massís Vinson”
  • Cebuano: “Vinson Massif”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڤینسۆن ماسیف”
  • Chinese: “文森山”
  • Czech: “Vinson Massif”
  • Danish: “Mount Vinson”
  • Dutch: “Vinsonmassief”
  • Esperanto: “Monto Vinson”
  • Estonian: “Vinson”
  • Finnish: “Vinsonin massiivi”
  • French: “massif Vinson”
  • French: “Massif Vinson”
  • Galician: “Macizo Vinson”
  • Georgian: “ვინსონის მასივი”
  • German: “Mount Vinson”
  • German: “Vinson-Massiv”
  • German: “Vinsonmassiv‏”
  • Greek: “Όρος Βίνσεν”
  • Hebrew: “וינסון מסיב”
  • Hebrew: “מסיב וינסון”
  • Hindi: “विन्सन मैसिफ़”
  • Hungarian: “Vinson Massif”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Vinson”
  • Indonesian: “Masif Vinson”
  • Italian: “massiccio Vinson”
  • Italian: “Massiccio Vinson”
  • Italian: “monte Vinson”
  • Italian: “Monte Vinson”
  • Japanese: “ヴィンソン・マシフ”
  • Japanese: “ヴィンソン山脈”
  • Japanese: “ビンソン山脈”
  • Japanese: “マウントヴィンソン”
  • Javanese: “Vinson Massif”
  • Kazakh: “Винсон”
  • Korean: “빈슨 산괴”
  • Korean: “빈슨매시프 산”
  • Kurdish: “Çiyayê Vinson”
  • Ladin: “Massif de Vinson”
  • Latvian: “Vinsona masīvs”
  • Lithuanian: “Vinsono masyvas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Vinson-Massiv”
  • Macedonian: “Винсонов Масив”
  • Malayalam: “വിൻസൺ മാസിഫ്”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Vinson”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vinson Massif”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vinson Massif”
  • Norwegian: “Vinson Massif”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Massís Vinson”
  • Persian: “توده وینسون”
  • Persian: “توده‌کوه وینسون”
  • Polish: “Masyw Vinsona”
  • Portuguese: “Maciço Vinson”
  • Romanian: “Masivul Vinson”
  • Romansh: “Mount Vinson”
  • Russian: “Винсон”
  • Russian: “Массив Винсон”
  • Scots: “Vinson Massif”
  • Serbian: “Vinsonov masiv”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vinson”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vinsonov masiv”
  • Slovak: “Vinson Massif”
  • Slovenian: “Vinsonov masiv”
  • Spanish: “Macizo Vinson”
  • Spanish: “Monte Vinson”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴼⵉⵏⵙⵓⵏ ⵎⴰⵙⵙⵉⴼ”
  • Swahili: “Vinson Massif”
  • Swedish: “Vinson Massif”
  • Tagalog: “Vinson Massif”
  • Tamil: “வின்சன் மலைத்திரள்”
  • Tamil: “வின்சன் மாசிப்”
  • Thai: “ยอดเขาวินสันแมสซิฟ”
  • Turkish: “Vinson Dağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Вінсон”
  • Ukrainian: “Масив Вінсон”
  • Urdu: “وینسن ماسیف”
  • Venetian: “Masìcio Vinson”
  • Vietnamese: “Vinson Massif”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Vinson Massif”
  • Western Panjabi: “ٹلہ ونسن”
  • Wu Chinese: “文森山”
  • Yue Chinese: “文森山”

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Highlights include Roche glacier and Jacobsen valley.

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