Mount Kjerringa is an isolated peak

Summit (topography)

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, 1,220 meters above sea level

Sea level

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, situated roughly 13 km (8.1 mi) north of Aker Peaks

Aker Peaks

Aker Peaks , also known as Akar Peaks or Aker Range, are a series of mainly snow-covered peaks, the highest at , extending in a northwest–southeast direction. They rise west of Nicholas Range and west-northwest of Edward VIII Bay. They were discovered on January 14, 1931 by a Norwegian...

, 42 km (26.1 mi) west of Magnet Bay

Magnet Bay

Magnet Bay is a shallow coastal indentation, 7 miles wide and receding only 2 miles, located 9 miles west of Cape Davis at the northwest side of Edward VIII Plateau, in Antarctica...

, and 57 km northeast of Mount Elkins

Mount Elkins

Mount Elkins, also known as Jökelen is a dark, steep-sided mountain with three major peaks, the highest 2,300 metres above sea level. This peak is located in the Napier Mountains, in Enderby Land. Enderby Land is part of the Australian Antarctic Territory, in East Antarctica...

 in Enderby Land

Enderby Land

Enderby Land is a projecting land mass of Antarctica, extending from Shinnan Glacier at to William Scoresby Bay at .Enderby Land was discovered in February 1831 by John Biscoe in the whaling brig Tula, and named after the Enderby Brothers of London, owners of the Tula, who encouraged their...

, East Antarctica

East Antarctica

East Antarctica, also called Greater Antarctica, constitutes the majority of the Antarctic continent, lying on the Indian Ocean side of the Transantarctic Mountains...

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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

• East Antarctica Ranges
  East Antarctica Ranges
  The East Antarctica Ranges are one of the three largest mountain ranges in Antarctica, the others are the Transantarctic Mountains and West Antarctica Ranges. The East Antarctica Ranges, located on the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, have 29 known peaks whose summits reach or exceed 2000 meters above sea...
  
  
• History of Antarctica
  History of Antarctica
  The history of Antarctica emerges from early Western theories of a vast continent, known as Terra Australis, believed to exist in the far south of the globe...
  
  
• List of Antarctic expeditions

External links

• Australian Antarctic Division
• Australian Antarctic Gazetteer
• Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC)
• United States Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
• 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.