Mount Lacroix
| Mount Lacroix | ||
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| height | 640 m | |
| location | Booth Island , Wilhelm Archipelago | |
| Coordinates | 65 ° 3 '16 " S , 63 ° 57' 28" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Lacroix ( French Mont Lacroix ) is a 640 m high and prominent mountain at the northeast end of Booth Island in the Wilhelm Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is characterized by steep cliffs made of red rock and a rounded peak.
Participants in the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905) were the first to map it. The expedition leader and polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot named the mountain after the French mineralogist and geologist Antoine Lacroix (1863-1948). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names transferred the French name to English in 1952.
Web links
- Mount Lacroix in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Lacroix on geographic.org (English)