Ravel Peak
| Ravel Peak | ||
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| height | 1300 m | |
| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Debussy Heights | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 54 ′ 27 ″ S , 71 ° 18 ′ 37 ″ W | |
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The Ravel peak is about 1,300 meters high mountain in the northern part of the West Antarctic Alexander Island . It looms in Debussy Heights . When viewed from the east, it is distinctly pyramidal.
Aerial photographs of the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) were used by the British geographer Derek Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960 for mapping. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the mountain in 1961 after the French composer Maurice Ravel (1875-1937).
Web links
- Ravel Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ravel Peak on geographic.org (English)