Mercanton Heights
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 30 ′ S , 67 ° 26 ′ W | |
The Mercanton Heights are a mountain range on the Loubet coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the southwestern part of the Arrowsmith Peninsula , it looms between the Bigourdan Fjord and the Nye Glacier .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out a rough mapping based on surveys and aerial photographs from the years between 1948 and 1959. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the mountains in 1960 after the Swiss glaciologist Paul-Louis Mercanton (1876–1963), long-time secretary of the International Commission on Snow and Ice .
Web links
- Mercanton Heights in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mercanton Heights on geographic.org (English)