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.

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

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

References

1. ^ USGS GNIS: Mount Maines

"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. 

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 Maines" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).