Mount Elkins
Mount Elkins, also known as Jökelen (which means "The Glacier") is a dark, steep-sided mountain with three major peaks, the highest 2,300 meters (7,500 ft) above sea level, in the Napier Mountains of Enderby Land. Enderby Land is part of East Antarctica and is claimed by Australia as part of the Australian Antarctic Territory. The mountain was named after Terence James Elkins, an ionospheric physicist with the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions at Mawson Station in 1960.
| Mount Elkins | |
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Map of Antarctica indicating the location of Mount Elkins | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,300 m (7,500 ft) |
| Coordinates | 66°39′S 54°08′E |
| Geography | |
| Location | Enderby Land, East Antarctica |
| Parent range | Napier Mountains |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | 2837 million years (Archean eon) |
| Mountain type | Metamorphic |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1960, by a survey party from Mawson Station which included Terence James Elkins, Sydney L. Kirkby, and Neville Joseph Collins |
| Easiest route | basic snow/ice climb |
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