The Vinson Massif is the highest mountain area in which continent?
Vinson Massif The GPS reading gave the elevation of the highest point in Antarctica as , eclipsing the earlier established heights recorded in 1959 and 1979. Another first was the successful aircraft landing of a Twin Otter on the Upper Dater Glacier on the eastern slopes of Mount Vinson. "NOVA" named the production "Mountain of Ice", which first aired on PBS in February 2003. Vinson Massif Vinson Massif () is a large mountain massif in Antarctica that is long and wide and lies within the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains. It overlooks the Ronne Ice Shelf near the base of the
Vinson Massif Vinson Massif extends between Goodge Col and Branscomb Glacier to the northwest, Nimitz Glacier and Gildea Glacier to the southwest and south, and Dater Glacier and its tributary Hinkley Glacier to the east. The southeastern part of the massif ends at Hammer Col, which joins it to the Craddock Massif, of which the highest point is Mount Rutford (). The massif comprises both the high central Vinson Plateau with its few peaks rising to over , and several side ridges mostly trending southwest or northeast from the plateau. The current height () of Mount Vinson was measured by a GPS