Hauron Peak
| Hauron Peak | ||
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| height | 1350 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 57 '0 " S , 62 ° 57' 58" W | |
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The Hauron Peak , a 1,350 m high mountain on the Danco Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 5 km southeast of Mount Banck .
The mountain is first shown on an Argentine map from 1952. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the French photography pioneer Louis Ducos du Hauron (1837-1920), who in 1869 had developed the basic principles for color photography .
Web links
- Hauron Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hauron Peak on geographic.org (English)