Mount Chevreux
| Mount Chevreux | ||
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| height | 1615 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 65 ° 47 '6 " S , 63 ° 57' 14" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Chevreux ( French Mont Chevreux ) is a 1615 m high mountain on the graham land of the west Antarctic graham land. It rises 8 km southeast of the Leroux Bay .
Participants of the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908-1910) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot discovered him. Charcot named the mountain after the French zoologist Édouard Chevreux (1846–1931). The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee transferred the French name to English on July 7, 1959.
Web links
- Mount Chevreux in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Chevreux on geographic.org (English)