Froal Peak
| Froal Peak | ||
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| height | 1035 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 65 ° 32 '57 " S , 63 ° 44' 27" W | |
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The Frölich Peak is a 1035 m high mountain on the Graham Coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises above Holst Point at the head of Beascochea Bay .
Participants in the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908-1910) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot mapped it. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1959 after the Norwegian biochemist Theodor Frølich (1870-1947), a pioneer in the field of scurvy research .
Web links
- Frolich peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Frölich Peak on geographic.org (English)