Mount Maines

66°39′S 53°54′E / 66.650°S 53.900°E / -66.650; 53.900GeographyLocationEnderby Land, East AntarcticaParent rangeNapier MountainsGeologyAge of rock2837 million years (Archaean eon)Mountain typeMetamorphicClimbingEasiest routebasic snow/ice climb

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.^[1]

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

• List of mountains of Enderby Land

References

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 "Mount Maines". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.