| MOUNTAIN | At 16,050 feet (4,892 metres) above sea level, Vinson Massif is the highest ________ on Antarctica (8) |
| SCORE | In most sports, the highest ___ wins |
| SEALEVEL | Mt. Logan's peak 5959 metres above ___ |
| TITMICE | Bird note twice circling metres above church (7) |
| HAMSTRUNG | Restricted height, a metre above street level |
| MASSIF | Vinson ___ (Antarctica's highest peak) |
| ICESHEET | Reserve page for feature on Antarctica? (3,5) |
| EREBUS | Active volcano on Antarctica |
| MOUNTEREBUS | Active volcano on Antarctica |
| SHARNI | Australian actress who starred in Home and Away and Step Up 3D, - Vinson (6) |
| RHONEALPES | Region of E France rising to the edge of the Massif Central in the west and the French Alps in the e |
| ANNAPURNA | - I; rising to its highest point at 26,545 ft, a massif and ultra-prominent peak in the Himalayas which is one of the 14 eight-thousanders (9) |
| CEVENNES | French mountain range in the south of the Massif Central rising to its highest point at Mont Lozere (8) |
| SAMNUNN | He followed his great-uncle Carl Vinson to Washington |
| USS | Letters before Carl Vinson or Abraham Lincoln |
| ALLIER | French river rising in the Cevennes in the Massif Central to the Loire (6) |
| VINSON | Mountain massif in Antarctica which is one of the Seven Summits and was first climbed in 1966 |
| LOIRE | Longest river of France, rising in the Massif Central and flowing generally northwest to the Atlantic at St-Nazaire (5) |
| CHER | French river rising in the Massif Central, flowing to the Loire (4) |
| ARDECHE | River in south-central France, rising in the Massif Central and flowing 78 miles into the Rhone (7) |
