# Mount Codrington

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**Mount Codrington** ([66°18′S 52°52′E](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=66_18_S_52_52_E)) is a prominent mountain, 1,520 metres (5,000 ft) high, standing 24 miles (39 km) south-southeast of [Cape Close](/source/Cape_Close), 17 miles (27 km) east of [Johnston Peak](/source/Johnston_Peak), and 11 miles (18 km) south of [Simmers Peaks](/source/Simmers_Peaks). Mount Codrington forms the northeastern end of the [Napier Mountains](/source/Napier_Mountains).

It was charted in 1930 by the [British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition](/source/British_Australian_New_Zealand_Antarctic_Research_Expedition) under [Mawson](/source/Mawson) as being the prominent peak sighted and so named by [John Biscoe](/source/John_Biscoe) in March 1831.

## See also

- [History of Antarctica](/source/History_of_Antarctica)
- [List of Antarctic expeditions](/source/List_of_Antarctic_expeditions)

## External links

- [Australian Antarctic Division](http://www.aad.gov.au/)
- [Australian Antarctic Gazetteer](https://web.archive.org/web/20071030143303/http://aadc-maps.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/search_names.cfm)
- [Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC)](https://web.archive.org/web/20090709070649/http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=12388)
- [Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)](https://web.archive.org/web/20100818063123/http://www.scar.org/information/)
- [PDF Map of the Australian Antarctic Territory](https://web.archive.org/web/20080907213041/http://aadc-maps.aad.gov.au/database/mapcat/antarctica/v4_99_00.pdf)
- [ANARE Club](http://www.anareclub.org.au/)
- [List of Peaks in Enderby Land](http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=8210)

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