Mount Rendu
| Mount Rendu | ||
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| height | 2100 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 25 '59 " S , 67 ° 4' 59" W | |
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Mount Rendu is a mountain about 2100 m high on the Loubet coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . On the Arrowsmith Peninsula , it looms between the Reid and Heim glaciers . On the northeast flank of Mount Rendu is the protruding rock formation Bauer Buttress .
The Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey mapped it based on surveys and aerial photographs between 1948 and 1959. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the French bishop and naturalist Louis Rendu (1789-1859), a pioneer of glacier research.
Web links
- Mount Rendu in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Rendu on geographic.org (English)