Waldeck-Rousseau Peak
| Waldeck-Rousseau Peak | ||
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| height | 1200 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 9 ′ 21 ″ S , 65 ° 35 ′ 51 ″ W | |
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The Waldeck-Rousseau Peak is a monolithic , around 1200 m high and striking mountain on the Graham Coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 5 km east-northeast of Cape Evensen .
Participants of the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905) under the direction of the polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot named a supposed island in this area as Île Waldeck-Rousseau . Measurements of the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer John Rymill showed that Charcot's object can only be the mountain described here. As a result, Charcot's designation was adapted. It is named after the French politician Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau (1864–1904), who helped finance Charcot's research trip.
Web links
- Waldeck-Rousseau Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Waldeck-Rousseau Peak on geographic.org (English)