Mount Perchot
| Mount Perchot | ||
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| height | 2040 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Lisiya Ridge | |
| Coordinates | 65 ° 44 '39 " S , 64 ° 9' 44" W | |
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Mount Perchot ( French Mont Perchot ) is a 2040 m (according to the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee 2050 m ) high mountain on the Graham coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . In Lisiya Ridge on the Magnier Peninsula, it rises 6 km southeast of the Magnier Peaks .
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 his compatriot Justin-Louis Perchot (1867–1946), who had given 70 pairs of boots to the research trip .
Web links
- Mount Perchot in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Perchot on geographic.org (English)