Mount Maines

Mount Maines
Mount Maines

Map of Antarctica indicating location of Mount Maines
Elevation 2,190 m (7,185 ft)
Location
Location Enderby Land, Australian Antarctic Territory, East Antarctica
Range Napier Mountains
Coordinates 66°39′S 53°54′E / 66.65°S 53.9°E / -66.65; 53.9Coordinates: 66°39′S 53°54′E / 66.65°S 53.9°E / -66.65; 53.9
Geology
Type Metamorphic
Age of rock 2837 million years (Archaean eon)
Climbing
Easiest route basic snow/ice climb

Mount Maines, also known as Stornuten, is a mountain, 2,190 m, standing 8 mi SE of Stor Hanakken Mountain in the Napier Mountains, Enderby Land.

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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

"Mount Maines". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:9300. Retrieved 31 May 2010. 

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Maines" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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