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Choi SH, Mukasa SB, Andronikov AV, Osanai Y, Harley SL, Kelly NM (2006). "Lu Hf systematics of the ultra-high temperature Napier Metamorphic Complex in Antarctica: Evidence for the early Archean differentiation of Earth's mantle".
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events. Napier orogeny formed the cratonic nucleus approximately 4 billion years ago. Mount Elkins is a classic example of Napier orogeny. Napier orogeny is characterized by high-grade
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from aerial photographs taken from an ANARE aircraft in 1956. The Napier Mountains were first visited by an ANARE survey party from Mawson Station in 1960. The survey party was led by
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Preservation of the UHT mineral assemblage in the analyzed rock suggests rapid cooling, with closure likely to have occurred for the Lu-Hf system at post-peak UHT conditions near a
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of 800 °C. UHT granulites appear to have evolved in a low Lu-Hf environment, probably formed when the rocks were first extracted from a
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Antarctic Days with Mawson : A Personal Account of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition of 1929-31
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determined the oldest tectonothermal event in the formation of the Napier Complex to have occurred approximately 2.8 billion years ago.
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Pendlebury, Stephen (2004). "Section 7.6: Enderby Land and Kemp Land". In Turner, John; Pendlebury, Stephen (eds.).
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Antarctica: The Next Decade: Report of a Group Study Chaired by Sir Anthony Parsons (Studies in Polar Research)
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New evidence for the early Archaean evolution of Aker Peaks, Napier Mountains, Enderby Land (East Antarctica)
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An Alien in Antarctica: Reflections upon Forty Years of Exploration and Research on the Frozen Continent
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A revised Archaean chronology for the Napier Complex, Enderby Land, from SHRIMP ion-microprobe studies
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The Napier Mountains run northwest from Mount Elkins. To the east is a large valley formed by the
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Belyatsky, BV; Rodionov, NV; Sergeev, SA; Kamenev, EN (2007). Cooper, AK; Raymond, CR (eds.).
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Mount Elkins was first mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the
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The summit of Mount Elkins is higher than that of any mountain in Australia—including even
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Place names within 1.0 degrees of Mount Elkins (Latitude 66°40.0'S Longitude 54°09.0'E)
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Mount Elkins is the highest peak in the Napier Mountains, and also the highest peak in
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Expedition, 1936–37, and named at that time Jökelen (The Glacier). It was remapped by
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systems. Dramatic changes can occur over short distances and in short time intervals.
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The Home of the Blizzard: The Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-14
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Precambrian formation of the Antarctic craton, beginning with Napier orogenic events
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The Silence Calling: Australians in Antarctica 1947-97: the ANARE Jubilee history
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Some notable geographic features in the general vicinity of Mount Elkins include
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Antarctica: The Extraordinary History of Man's Conquest of the Frozen Continent
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at the United States Antarctic Resource Center's Atlas of Antarctic Research.
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age of 2.4 billion years for this metamorphic event. Using SHRIMPU–Pb zircon
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The following species have been sighted within 1.0 degrees of Mount Elkins:
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Gazetteer of the Australian Antarctic Territory (ANARE Interim Reports)
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that formed the Napier Complex were extremely depleted relative to the
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Going to Extremes: Project Blizzard and Australia's Antarctic Heritage
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Sitting on Penguins: People and Politics in Australian Antarctica
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with three major peaks, the highest 2,300 meters (7,500 ft)
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components found to date in the Napier Complex appear to be of
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derivation. This rock appears to have been overprinted by an
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To the ends of the earth: the history of polar exploration
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International Law and Australian Sovereignty in Antarctica
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Australian Antarctic science: the first 50 years of ANARE
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Map of Antarctica indicating the location of Mount Elkins
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The International Antarctic Weather Forecasting Handbook
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Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC)
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To date, no flora has been observed at Mount Elkins.
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The mountain was named after 2182: 2078:Australian Antarctic Gazetteer 1994:A History of Antarctic Science 283:(97 km to the west), and 275:(30 km to the east), the 241:Australian Antarctic Territory 1: 2108:List of Peaks in Enderby Land 2073:Australian Antarctic Division 1906:. Mountain-Forecast.com. 2023 1564:Australian Antarctic Division 1540: 1530:List of Antarctic expeditions 481:of the Earth that the latest 402:(UHT) that occurred near the 1928:Douglas Mawson, the Survivor 1831:Watson, Jeanette E. (2008). 1733:"Crustal Formation sequence" 1499:Significance to mountaineers 475:chondritic uniform reservoir 404:Archean-Proterozoic boundary 271:(7.4 km to the south), 49:2,300 m (7,500 ft) 7: 1518: 258: 10: 2728: 1970:Mawson's Antarctic Diaries 1942:(Sydney: Doubleday, 1986). 1904:Napier Mountains Forecasts 1840:Memoirs of Museum Victoria 1781:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.04.012 1474: 488: 414:(Lu-Hf) method to examine 309: 279:(26 km to the west), 227:. 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Index


Elevation
Coordinates
66°39′S 54°08′E / 66.650°S 54.133°E / -66.650; 54.133
Enderby Land
East Antarctica
Parent range
Napier Mountains
Age of rock
Archean
Mountain type
Metamorphic
First ascent
survey
Mawson Station
Terence James Elkins
Sydney L. Kirkby
Neville Joseph Collins
Easiest route
mountain
above sea level
Napier Mountains
Enderby Land
East Antarctica
claimed
Australia
Australian Antarctic Territory
Terence James Elkins
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
Mawson Station

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