Perez Peak
| Perez Peak | ||
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| height | 535 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 65 ° 24 ′ 50 " S , 64 ° 4 ′ 56" W | |
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The Pérez Peak ( French Sommet du Grand Pérez ) is a 535 m high and distinctive mountain on the Graham coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 1.5 km southeast of Cape Pérez on the rugged peninsula between Collins Bay and Beascochea Bay .
Jean-Baptiste Charcot , head of the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908–1910), named it after the cape of the same name. Its namesake are the Argentinian brothers Fernando, Leopoldo and Manuel Pérez, who helped Charcot's previous Antarctic expedition (1903–1905) in December 1903 and February 1905. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee translated this designation into English in 1957 in an abbreviated form.
Web links
- Pérez Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pérez Peak on geographic.org (English)