Mont Docteur Récamier

Mont Docteur Récamier
Sentinel-2 picture centered on Mont Docteur Récamier covered with snow.
Highest point
Elevation451 m (1,480 ft)[1]
Coordinates49°05′57″S 69°23′34″E / 49.09917°S 69.39278°E / -49.09917; 69.39278[2]
Geography
Mont Docteur Récamier
Location in Kerguelen
LocationGrande Terre, Kerguelen Islands, French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Climbing
First ascentUnknown

Mont Docteur Récamier is a mountain in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. Located in the Joffre Peninsula, Kerguelen, it rises to a height of 451 metres (1,480 ft) above sea level.[1]

Mont Docteur Récamier is the highest point of the Joffre Peninsula. It rises at the southwestern end, a little to the east of the narrow isthmus.[1]

History

This mountain was named in 1913 or 1914 by Raymond Rallier du Baty after Doctor Joseph Récamier, secretary and travel companion of Duke Philippe D'Orléans. It first appeared on the map in 1922.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Google Earth
  2. ^ "Mont Docteur Récamier". Peakery.
  3. ^ Gracie Delépine, Toponymie des Terres Australes, éditions La Documentation française, Paris, 1973, p. 121
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