Mount Breckinridge

66°37′S 53°41′E / 66.617°S 53.683°E / -66.617; 53.683GeographyLocationEnderby Land, East AntarcticaParent rangeNapier MountainsGeologyAge of rock2837 million years (Archaean eon)Mountain typeMetamorphicClimbingEasiest routebasic 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.^[1]

• List of mountains of Enderby Land

• 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.