Mount Paris
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Mount Paris is a conspicuous mountain
, about 2,800 m, 4 nautical miles (7 km) southeast of Mount Bayonne
in north Alexander Island
. First mapped by the French Antarctic Expedition
, 1908–10, under Charcot, who named it for the French capital. Resighted in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition
(BGLE) and charted as mountains, but subsequent study of air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
(RARE), 1947–48, has caused the name to be restricted to this single mountain.
Mountain
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, about 2,800 m, 4 nautical miles (7 km) southeast of Mount Bayonne
Mount Bayonne
Mount Bayonne is a mountain, 1,500 m, forming the north extremity of the Rouen Mountains in Alexander Island. First mapped by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Charcot, who named it for the French city. Resighted from the air by the British Graham Land Expedition in 1936...
in north Alexander Island
Alexander Island
Alexander Island or Alexander I Island or Alexander I Land or Alexander Land is the largest island of Antarctica, with an area of lying in the Bellingshausen Sea west of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Marguerite Bay and George VI Sound. Alexander Island lies off...
. First mapped by the French Antarctic Expedition
French Antarctic Expedition
French Antarctic Expedition refers to several French expeditions in Antarctica.-First expedition:Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was a French explorer....
, 1908–10, under Charcot, who named it for the French capital. Resighted in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition
British Graham Land Expedition
A British expedition to Graham Land led by John Lachlan Cope took place between 1920 and 1922. The British Graham Land Expedition was a geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica between 1934 to 1937. Under the leadership of John Riddoch Rymill, the expedition spent two...
(BGLE) and charted as mountains, but subsequent study of air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition was an expedition from 1947-1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.-Background:...
(RARE), 1947–48, has caused the name to be restricted to this single mountain.