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Mount Kjerringa is an isolated peak, 1,220 metres (4,000 ft) above sea level, situated roughly 8 nmi (15 km) north of the Aker Peaks, 26 nmi (48 km) west of Magnet Bay, and 57 km (31 nmi) northeast of Mount Elkins in Enderby Land, East Antarctica.
Discovery and naming
Mount Kjerringa was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and called Kjerringa (The Old Woman).
See also
List of mountains of Enderby Land
References
External links
Australian Antarctic Division
Australian Antarctic Gazetteer
Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC)
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
PDF Map of the Australian Antarctic Territory
Mawson Station
ANARE Club
Click here to see a satellite map of Mount Kjerringa at the United States Antarctic Resource Center's Atlas of Antarctic Research.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Mount Kjerringa". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.