Mount Henksen

Mount Henksen

Mount Henksen (66°46′S 51°4′E / 66.767°S 51.067°E / -66.767; 51.067) is an elongated mountain with several peaks, standing between Peacock Ridge and Mount Parviainen in the north part of the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1956 and 1957. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for H. Henksen, a member of the crew of the Discovery during the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), 1929-31.

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