Mount Kjerringa

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.

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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

References

"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. 

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