Mount Breckinridge

Mount Breckinridge is a mountain, 2,050 metres (6,730 ft) high, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) south of Stor Hånakken Mountain in the Napier Mountains of Enderby Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition of 1936–37, and was named "Langnuten" (the long peak). It was rephotographed by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1956 and renamed by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for J.E. Breckinridge a meteorologist at Wilkes Station in 1961.[1]

Mount Breckinridge
Map of Antarctica indicating location of Mount Breckinridge
Highest point
Elevation2,050 m (6,730 ft)
Coordinates66°37′S 53°41′E 
Geography
LocationEnderby Land, East Antarctica
Parent rangeNapier Mountains
Geology
Age of rock2837 million years (Archaean eon)
Mountain typeMetamorphic
Climbing
Easiest routebasic snow/ice climb

See also

References
  1. "Mount Breckinridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

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