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Record SL-864570 · Wikidata Q6177653

Mount Viets

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Elevation
3,600 m
11,811 ft
Prominence
Isolation
Coordinates
78.2536° S, 86.1139° W
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Mount Viets
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Description

Wikipedia

Mount Viets (78°15′13″S 86°06′50″W) is a sharp pyramidal mountain over 3,600 m, standing 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) north of Mount Giovinetto in the main ridge of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. It surmounts Delyo Glacier to the east and Burdenis Glacier to the northeast. The mountain was discovered by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse party of 1957–58 under Charles R. Bentley. It was named for Ronald L. Viets, a geophysicist at Little America V Station in 1957. It was climbed for the first time on January 11, 1996, by the French alpinists Erik Decamp and Catherine Destivelle.

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Neighbouring summits

Name Elevation Bearing Distance
Mount Giovinetto 4,090 m SW 219° 1.9 km
Evans Peak 3,950 m SE 135° 4.7 km