Parent range Napier Mountains Easiest route basic snow/ice climb Mountain range Napier Mountains | Mountain type Metamorphic Elevation 2,190 m | |
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Location Enderby Land, Australian Antarctic Territory, East Antarctica Age of rock 2837 million years (Archaean eon) People also search for Mount Breckinridge, Mount Elkins, Mount McMaster, Armstrong Peak, Mount Kjerringa, Mount King | ||
Mount Maines, also known as Stornuten, is a mountain, 2,190 metres (7,190 ft), standing roughly 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) SE of Stor Hånakken Mountain and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) W of Mount Elkins in the Napier Mountains, Enderby Land.
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Map of Mount Maines, Antarctica
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.
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Mount Maines Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA