Pavlov Peak
| Pavlov Peak | ||
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| height | 850 m | |
| location | Liège Island , Palmer Archipelago , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 2 '39 " S , 61 ° 58' 19" W | |
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The Pavlov peak is approximately 850 m high mountain on Liège Iceland in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises north of Mount Vesalius .
The mountain is first recorded on an Argentine map from 1954. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the Russian physician and physiologist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849-1936), who discovered the principle of classical conditioning in behavioral research .
Web links
- Pavlov peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pavlov Peak on geographic.org (English)