Mount Breckinridge

Mount Breckinridge
Map of Antarctica indicating location of Mount Breckinridge
Highest point
Elevation	2,050 m (6,730 ft)
Coordinates	66°37′S 53°41′E
Geography
Location	Enderby Land, East Antarctica
Parent range	Napier Mountains
Geology
Rock age	2837 million years (Archaean eon)
Mountain type	Metamorphic
Climbing
Easiest route	basic snow/ice climb

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.

See also

• List of mountains of Enderby Land

External links

• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
• Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Mount Breckinridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.