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Ulawun
Ulawun, the Father, is a 2,334 m basaltic-to-andesitic stratovolcano on New Britain, Papua New Guinea, the highest volcano of the Bismarck arc, a Decade Volcano erupting since at least 1700, with a VEI 4 eruption in 2019 and a deadly November 2023 eruption.
Vinson Massif
Vinson Massif, in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, holds Antarctica's highest summit, Mount Vinson, 4,892 m by 2004 GPS. Named for Carl Vinson; first climbed 1966-67 by Nicholas Clinch's American expedition; a Seven Summits peak.
Whitten Peak
Whitten Peak (Argentine form Whitten, monte) is a peak in Antarctica at 63°25'S, 57°04'W, a SCAR Peak (2d) named for Robert Wakeham Whitten, Eagle's first officer in Operation Tabarin (1944-45).