Luigi Peak
| Luigi Peak | ||
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 Luigi Peak from the northwest, Port Lockroy in the foreground |
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| height | 1415 m | |
| location | Wiencke Island ( Palmer Archipelago , West Antarctica ) | |
| Mountains | Sierra DuFief | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 51 '12 " S , 63 ° 25' 35" W | |
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| First ascent | French Antarctic Expedition 1903–1905 | |
 Luigi Peak and the Sierra DuFief from the northwest |
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The Savoia Peak , also known as Mount Savoia and Savoia peak is with 1415 meters the highest mountain on the Wiencke Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises about 5 km southeast of the disused British research station at Port Lockroy and forms the northeast end of the Sierra DuFief . Most of it is heavily glaciated, but the northwest side is dominated by steep rock faces.
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery discovered it in 1898. The first ascent took place during the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903–1905) led by the polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot . Charcot named the mountain after the Italian explorer Luigi Amadeo of Savoy .
Individual evidence
- ^ Phil Wickens: 2005 British Antarctic Expedition Wiencke, Anvers And Brabant Islands (Antarctic Peninsula) . 2008 (English, baileyaviation.com [PDF; accessed November 20, 2008]).
- ↑ Savoia Peak on geographic.org (accessed January 29, 2016).
- ↑ Umberto Pelazza: Il balletto dei Continenti . In: Associazione Nazionale Alpini (ed.): L'Alpino . No. 229 . Milano June 2005, p. 25 ( ana.it [PDF; accessed November 20, 2008]). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Luigi Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved November 15, 2013.
