Gourdon Peak
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| Gourdon Peak | |||
| British Antarctic Territory | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Booth Island | |||
| Summit: | 2,625 feet 65°5’20"S, 63°59’46"W | ||
Gourdon Peak is a peak rising to about 2,625 feet, half a nautical mile north of Wandel Peak, one of several high peaks on the north-south trending ridge of Booth Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago of the British Antarctic Territory.
The peak was first charted in 1904 by the French Antarctic Expedition of 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and named by him Sommet Gourdon after Ernest Gourdon, the geologist of the expedition and the leader of the party which attempted to cross Graham Land in September 1909 .
The peak was photographed from the air by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition and surveyed from the ground by a joint survey of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey and Royal Navy in 1956-58.
References
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Gourdon Peak