Clinch Peak is a 4,841 metres (15,883 ft) high, elongated peak, in the central part of the ice-covered Vinson Plateau in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It surmounts Roché Glacier to the west.
The peak was named by US-ACAN in 2006 after Nicholas Bayard Clinch, leader of the 1966–67 American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition that made the first ascent of Mount Vinson, the summit of Antarctica, and other high mountains in the Sentinel Range.[1]
Location
editClinch Peak is located at 78°32′08″S 85°30′45″W / 78.53556°S 85.51250°W, which is 2.6 km (1.6 mi) southeast of Mount Vinson, 1.42 km (0.88 mi) southwest of Schoening Peak, 2.48 km (1.54 mi) west of Marts Peak and 3.9 km (2.4 mi) north-northeast of Opalchenie Peak. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.
See also
editMaps
edit- Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
- D. Gildea and C. Rada. Vinson Massif and the Sentinel Range. Scale 1:50 000 topographic map. Omega Foundation, 2007.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.
References
edit- ^ "Clinch Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
edit- Clinch Peak SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
This article incorporates public domain material from "Clinch Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
