Mount Peary
| Mount Peary | ||
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 Mount Peary (left, snowy) and neighboring peaks |
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| height | 1900 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 65 ° 14 ′ 19 " S , 63 ° 45 ′ 13" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Peary ( French Massif Peary ) is a striking mountain range on the Graham Coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . The mountain is 1900 m (according to British data 1800 m ) high with a flattened, snow-covered summit several kilometers in length and an almost insignificant western peak. On the Kiev Peninsula, it rises 11 km east-northeast of Cape Tuxen and dominates the area between the Wiggins and Bussey glaciers .
He was discovered during the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908-1910) under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Charcot . Charcot named the mountain after the American polar explorer Robert Edwin Peary (1856–1920), who was believed to be the first man at the geographic North Pole .
Web links
- Mount Peary in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Peary on geographic.org (English)