Gerber Peak
| Gerber Peak | ||
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| height | 500 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 65 ° 7 '34 " S , 63 ° 19' 35" W | |
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The Gerber peak is approximately 500 m high mountain on the Danco Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 3 km south-southwest of Rahir Point immediately south of Thomson Cove on the banks of the Bay of Flanders .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery mapped it. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the Swiss veterinarian Friedrich Gerber (1797–1872), who in 1839 was the first to recognize the possibility of illustrating books with photographs .
Web links
- Gerber peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gerber Peak on geographic.org (English)