Bayet Peak
| Bayet Peak | ||
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| height | 1400 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 65 ° 3 '38 " S , 62 ° 58' 45" W | |
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The Bayet Peak is a distinctive and 1400 m high mountain on the Danco Coast of the West Antarctic Graham Lands . It rises between the Bolton Glacier in the north and the Sayce Glacier in the south on the southern bank of the Briand Fjord in the Bay of Flanders .
Participants in the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908-1910) led by Jean-Baptiste Charcot mapped an alleged headland on the southeast side of the Briand Fjord and named it Pointe Bayet . After this headland could not be identified on aerial photographs of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE, 1956–1957), the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee decided on September 23, 1960 to transfer the name to the mountain described here. It is named after the French historian Charles Bayet (1849–1918), a member of the scientific commission for Charcot's research trip.
Web links
- Bayet peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bayet Peak on geographic.org (English)