Mount Bayonne
| Mount Bayonne | ||
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| height | 1500 m | |
| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Rouen Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 68 ° 54 '48 " S , 70 ° 57' 59" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Bayonne ( French Massif Bayonne ) is a mountain on the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . At an altitude of 1500 m (according to Chilean scientists 1400 m , according to the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee 1600 m ) it forms the northern foothills of the Rouen Mountains .
It was first mapped by participants in the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908-1910) under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Charcot , who named it after the French city of Bayonne . He was spotted again in 1936 during an overflight as part of the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937) led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill . Another mapping and aerial photographs were taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–1948) under the direction of the US polar explorer Finn Ronne . Finally, in 1960, the survey was carried out by the British geographer Derek Searle from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey .
Web links
- Mount Bayonne in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Bayonne on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 135 (English).