Mount Tchaikovsky
Mount Tchaikovsky | ||
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Topographic map sheet (1: 250,000) with the Derocher peninsula (center right) and Mount Tchaikovsky on it |
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height | 600 m | |
location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
Coordinates | 71 ° 22 '27 " S , 73 ° 14' 36" W | |
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Mount Tchaikovsky is a 600 m (according to British data 300 m ) high mountain with steep slopes on the south and east flanks on the Alexander I Island west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises in the northern part of the Derocher peninsula .
A number of mountains in the area appear for the first time on map material that was created in the course of the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948). The British geographer Derek Searle from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960 mapped Mount Tchaikovsky, which is one of them, using aerial photographs that were also taken during this research trip. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the mountain on March 2, 1961 after the Russian composer Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893).
Web links
- Mount Tchaikovsky in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Tchaikovsky on geographic.org (English)