Rousseau Peak

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Rousseau Peak
View from English Strait to Rousseau Peak above the ice masses of the Fuerza Aérea Glacier with the Arturo Prat Station in the foreground

View from English Strait to Rousseau Peak above the ice masses of the Fuerza Aérea Glacier with the Arturo Prat Station in the foreground

height 272  m
location Greenwich Island , South Shetland Islands
Mountains Breznik Heights
Coordinates 62 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  S , 59 ° 37 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 62 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  S , 59 ° 37 ′ 0 ″  W
Rousseau Peak (South Shetland Islands)
Rousseau Peak

The Rousseau Peak (English; Spanish Picacho Rousseau ) is a 272  m high, rocky and non-iced mountain on Greenwich Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . In Breznik Heights, it rises 3 km southeast of the foothills of Ash Point and 0.9 km southeast of the shores of Discovery Bay .

Scientists of the 1st Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1946–1947) named him after Captain Óscar H. Rousseau of the Argentine Navy , who took part in this research trip at the invitation of the Chilean government.

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