Clinch Peak
Clinch Peak is a 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. Location Clinch Peak is located at , which is southeast of Mount Vinson, southwest of Schoening Peak, west of Marts Peak and north-northeast of Opalchenie Peak. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988. See also * Mountains in Antarctica This is a list of all the Ultra prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in Antarctica. Some islands in the South Atlantic have also been included and can be found at the end of the list. Antarctica South Atl ... Maps Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topograph ...
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