Rouen Mountains
The Rouen Mountains are a prominent mountain range in the north of Alexander Island in the British Antarctic Territory.
These mountains climb to about 9,200 feet and extend 35 miles north-west to south-east from Mount Bayonne to Care Heights and Mount Cupola. The Rouen Mountains are known to occupy some of the highest peaks of Alexander Island, comparable to the Douglas Range nearby, which however exceeds the Rouens.
Mount Paris is the highest point of the Rouen Mountains, exceeding 9,200 feet approximately.
The mountains were first mapped by the French Antarctic Expedition of 1908-10, under J. B. Charcot and named by him after the city of Rouen in Normandy. Charcot indicated a break in these mountains south of Mount Paris, but air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition of 1947-48, as interpreted by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey indicate that the mountains are continuous southeast to Mount Cupola.
The Rouen Mountains were partly surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1948 and further delineated from U.S. satellite imagery of January 1974 and February 1975.
See also
Location
- Location map: 69°10’0"S, 70°52’60"W
References
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Rouen Mountains
