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Due to its vicinity to the more coveted Mount Vinson, Mt. Shinn has been climbed numerous times as a side trip on a Vinson expedition.
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and Rodrigo Fica of the Omega Foundation, using a Trimble 5700 GPS receiver and the Australian government's AUSPOS processing system.
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Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.
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Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
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to the south-southwest. Mount Shinn is thought to be the third-highest peak in Antarctica.
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21 December 1966 by Barry Corbet, Charles Hollister, Sam Silverstein and Richard Wahlstrom
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This article is about a landform in Antarctica. For the mountain in California, see
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4,661 meters in elevation, standing 6 km (4 miles) southeast of
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reconnaissance flights in January 1958, and named by the
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Mount Shinn (California)

Elevation
Prominence
Listing
Seven Third Summits
Coordinates
78°27′49″S 85°43′29″W / 78.46361°S 85.72472°W / -78.46361; -85.72472
Mount Shinn is located in Antarctica
Antarctica
Parent range
Sentinel Range
Ellsworth Mountains
First ascent


mountain
Mount Tyree
Sentinel Range
Ellsworth Mountains
Antarctica
Ramorino Glacier
Crosswell Glacier
Goodge Col
Branscomb Glacier
IGY
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
U.S. Navy
South Pole
Damien Gildea

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