Mount Kjerringa

Mount Kjerringa
Map of Antarctica indicating location of Mount Kjerringa
Elevation	1,220 m (4,003 ft)
Location
Location	Enderby Land, Australian Antarctic Territory, East Antarctica
Coordinates	66°29′S 55°12′E / 66.483°S 55.2°E / -66.483; 55.2Coordinates: 66°29′S 55°12′E / 66.483°S 55.2°E / -66.483; 55.2
Geology
Type	Metamorphic
Age of rock	2837 million years (Archaean eon)
Climbing
Easiest route	basic snow/ice climb

Mount Kjerringa is an isolated peak, 1,220 meters above sea level, situated roughly 13 km (8.1 mi) north of Aker Peaks, 42 km (26 mi) west of Magnet Bay, and 57 km northeast of Mount Elkins in Enderby Land, East Antarctica.

Discovery and naming

Mount Kjerringa was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and called Kjerringa (The Old Woman).^[1]

See also

• East Antarctica Ranges
• History of Antarctica
• List of Antarctic expeditions

References

1. ^ USGS GNIS: Mount Kjerringa

"Mount Kjerringa". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:8028. Retrieved 31 May 2010. 

External links

• Australian Antarctic Division
• Australian Antarctic Gazetteer
• Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC)
• United States Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
• PDF Map of the Australian Antarctic Territory
• Mawson Station
• ANARE Club
• Click here to see a satellite map of Mount Kjerringa at the United States Antarctic Resource Center's Atlas of Antarctic Research.

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

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