Mount Ditte
| Mount Ditte | ||
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| height | 1400 m | |
| location | Adelaide Island , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | The Princess Royal Range | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 43 '22 " S , 68 ° 34' 56" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Ditte ( French Massif A. Ditte ) is a 1,400 m high mountain in the Princess Royal Range on Adelaide Island west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It towers over Cape Alexandra in the southeast of the island.
The mountain was discovered and named during the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908–1910) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot . It is named after the French chemist Alfred Ditte (1843–1908). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names translated this designation into English in 1951 in an adapted form.
Web links
- Mount Ditte in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Ditte on geographic.org (English)