Santos Peak
| Santos Peak | ||
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| height | 570 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 24 '47 " S , 61 ° 32' 10" W | |
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The Santos peak is approximately 570 m high mountain on the Danco Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises south of Murray Island .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery mapped it. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) who was active in France .
Web links
- Santos peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Santos Peak on geographic.org (English)