Mount Maines

Mount Maines

Map of Antarctica indicating location of Mount Maines
Highest point
Elevation 2,190 m (7,190 ft)
Coordinates 66°39′S 53°54′E / 66.650°S 53.900°E / -66.650; 53.900Coordinates: 66°39′S 53°54′E / 66.650°S 53.900°E / -66.650; 53.900
Geography
Location Enderby Land, Australian Antarctic Territory, East Antarctica
Parent range Napier Mountains
Geology
Age of rock 2837 million years (Archaean eon)
Mountain type Metamorphic
Climbing
Easiest route basic snow/ice climb

Mount Maines, also known as Stornuten, is a mountain, 2,190 metres (7,190 ft), standing roughly 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) SE of Stor Hånakken Mountain and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) W of Mount Elkins in the Napier Mountains, Enderby Land.[1]

Discovery and naming

Mount Maines was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named Stornuten (the big peak). Rephotographed by ANARE in 1956 and renamed by ANCA for R.L. Maines, cook at Wilkes Station in 1961.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mount Maines". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-11-30.

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