Mount Vinson, named for Georgian Congressman Carl Vinson who fostered Antarctic exploration, is the highest mountain on the down-under continent of Antarctica. The icy 16,066-foot (4,897-meters) mountain is one of the Seven Summits, the highest points on the seven continents, as well as the eighth most prominent mountain in the world. Vinson is also, after Mount Everest, the most expensive of the Seven Summits to climb.
...Source: http://climbing.about.com/b/2012/05/31/climbing-mount-vinson-highest-mountain-in-antarctica.htm
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