Paris Peak

Paris Peak
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height	1645 m
location	Anvers Island , Palmer Archipelago
Mountains	Trojan Range
Coordinates	64 ° 30 ′ 6 ″ S , 63 ° 21 ′ 5 ″ W Coordinates: 64 ° 30 ′ 6 ″ S , 63 ° 21 ′ 5 ″ W

The Paris peak is 1,645 m high and prominent mountain on Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 6 km northeast of Mount Priam in the Trojan Range . Its southern flank is snow-covered, while the northern flank consists of bare rock slopes.

The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey surveyed the mountain in 1955. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 1957 after Paris , a figure from the Iliad by the ancient Greek poet and author Homer .

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