Mount Maines

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title: "Mount Maines" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountains-of-enderby-land"] description: "Mountain in Enderby Land, Antarctica" topic_path: "general/mountains-of-enderby-land" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Maines" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain in Enderby Land, Antarctica ::

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Field	Value
name	Mount Maines
photo	Mount Elkins Map.jpg
photo_caption	Map of Antarctica indicating location of Mount Maines
elevation_m	2190
location	Enderby Land, East Antarctica
range	Napier Mountains
coordinates
type	Metamorphic
age	2837 million years (Archaean eon)
easiest_route	basic snow/ice climb
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| name = Mount Maines | photo = Mount Elkins Map.jpg | photo_caption = Map of Antarctica indicating location of Mount Maines | elevation_m = 2190 | elevation_ref = | prominence = | location = Enderby Land, East Antarctica | range = Napier Mountains | coordinates = | topo = | type = Metamorphic | age = 2837 million years (Archaean eon) | first_ascent = | easiest_route = basic snow/ice climb Mount Maines, also known as Stornuten, is a mountain, 2190 m, standing roughly 13 km SE of Stor Hånakken Mountain and 10 km W of Mount Elkins in the Napier Mountains, Enderby Land.

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.

References

References

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