Lumière Peak
| Lumière Peak | ||
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| height | 1065 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 65 ° 18 ′ 19 ″ S , 64 ° 2 ′ 43 ″ W | |
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Lumière Peak ( French Sommet Lumière ) is a 1065 m high mountain on the Graham Coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . On the Kiev peninsula, it rises 5 km southeast of Cape Tuxen .
Participants in the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot discovered him. Charcot named the mountain after the French film pioneers Auguste (1862–1954) and Louis Lumière (1864–1948), sponsors of his research trip .
Web links
- Lumière Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lumière Peak on geographic.org (English)