Dayne Peak
| Dayne Peak | ||
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| height | 730 m | |
| location | Wiencke Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 54 '24 " S , 63 ° 34' 23" W | |
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The Dayné Peak ( French Sommet Dayné ) is a 730 m high mountain on the Wiencke Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises immediately northeast of Cape Errera at the southwest end of the island.
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery discovered him. The polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot took the name during the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905). It is named after the French mountain guide Pierre Joseph Dayné (1865 – unknown), a participant in Charcot's research trip. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names transferred the French name to English in 1951.
Web links
- Dayné Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dayné Peak on geographic.org (English)