Mount Paris
| Mount Paris | ||
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| height | 2800 m | |
| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Rouen Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 68 ° 57 '56 " S , 70 ° 51' 59" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Paris ( French Massif Paris ) is a striking and around 2800 m mountain in the Rouen Mountains on the West Antarctic Alexander I Island .
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 capital Paris . 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 , which refuted Rymill's assumption that there were several mountains. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee transferred the French name to English in 1961.
Web links
- Mount Paris in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Paris on geographic.org (English)