Rojas Peak
| Rojas Peak | ||
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| height | 675 m | |
| location | Lemaire Island | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 49 ′ 5 ″ S , 62 ° 55 ′ 2 ″ W | |
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The Rojas Peak ( spanish Cerro Rojas ) is an approximately 675 m high mountain in the center of Lemaire Island before the Danco Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is the highest point on the island.
Participants of the 5th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1950-1951) appointed him to Sargento Ángel Custodio Rojas, who on 1 September 1949 at Greenwich Iceland for hydrographic surveys of Discovery Bay on the way back to Captain Arturo Prat Base in a snowstorm had died .
Web links
- Rojas Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rojas Peak on geographic.org (English)