Janssen Peak
| Janssen Peak | ||
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| height | 1085 m | |
| location | Wiencke Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Mountains | Sierra DuFief | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 53 ′ 17 ″ S , 63 ° 30 ′ 24 ″ W | |
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The Janssen Peak ( French Sommet Janssen ) is a 1085 m high and prominent mountain on the Wiencke Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises at the southwest end of the Sierra DuFief 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 astronomer Jules Janssen . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names transferred the French name to English in 1952.
Web links
- Janssen Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Janssen Peak on geographic.org (English)