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Mount Vinson Massif

  • A 16-year-old girl (Kaamya Karthikeyan) became India’s youngest and the world’s second youngest to scale Mount Everest from the Nepal side.
  • She aims to summit Mt. Vinson Massif in Antarctica this December          
  • Mt. Vinson Massif is a peak in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains of western Antarctica, overlooking the Ronne Ice Shelf.
  • It is, at 16,050 feet (4,892 metres) above sea level, the highest mountain on the continent. The massif slopes gently to the northwest.

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