Mount Breckinridge

Mount Breckinridge
Map of Antarctica indicating location of Mount Breckinridge
Elevation	2,050 m (6,726 ft)
Location
Location	Enderby Land, Australian Antarctic Territory, East Antarctica
Range	Napier Mountains
Coordinates	66°37′S 53°41′E / 66.617°S 53.683°E / -66.617; 53.683Coordinates: 66°37′S 53°41′E / 66.617°S 53.683°E / -66.617; 53.683
Geology
Type	Metamorphic
Age of rock	2837 million years (Archaean eon)
Climbing
Easiest route	basic snow/ice climb

Mount Breckinridge is a mountain, 2,050 m, standing 4 mi S of Stor Hanakken Mountain in the Napier Mountains, Enderby Land.

Mount Breckinridge was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named Langnuten (the long peak). Rephotographed by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) in 1956 and renamed by Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (ANCA) for J.E. Breckinridge, meteorologist at Wilkes Station in 1961.^[1]

See also

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

References

1. ^ USGS GNIS: Mount Breckinridge

"Mount Breckinridge". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:1884. Retrieved 31 May 2010. 

External links

• United States Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
• Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

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