Quervain Peak
| Quervain Peak | ||
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| height | 2030 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Boyle Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 23 '48 " S , 66 ° 39' 14" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Quervain Peak is a 2,030 m high mountain on the Loubet coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It looms in the center of the Boyle Mountains on the Arrowsmith Peninsula .
It was recorded cartographically by surveying the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey and with the help of aerial photographs between 1956 and 1959. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the Swiss geophysicist Alfred de Quervain (1879-1927), who in 1909 used a photogrammetric method to measure the flow movement of glaciers .
Web links
- Quervain peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Quervain Peak on geographic.org (English)