Rouen Mountains
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The Rouen Mountains are a prominent mountain range
, reaching about 2,800 m and extending 35 miles (60 km) NW-SE from Mount Bayonne
to Care Heights
and Mount Cupola
, in north Alexander Island
, Antarctica.
The mountains were first mapped by the French Antarctic Expedition
of 1908-10, under J. B. Charcot and named by him after the French city of Rouen
. 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 (FIDS) indicate that the mountains are continuous southeast to Mount Cupola. They were partly surveyed by FIDS in 1948 and further delineated from U.S. satellite imagery of January 1974 and February 1975.
Mountain range
A mountain range is a single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain...
, reaching about 2,800 m and extending 35 miles (60 km) NW-SE from 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...
to Care Heights
Care Heights
Care Heights are a group of mostly ice-covered peaks and ridges, rising to about north of Tufts Pass and forming the southern end of the Rouen Mountains, Alexander Island. The feature was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947–48, and was mapped from these...
and Mount Cupola
Mount Cupola
Mount Cupola is a dome-shaped mountain, 2,500 m, marking the southeast limit of Rouen Mountains in the north part of Alexander Island. First photographed from the air by the British Graham Land Expedition in 1937. Surveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey...
, 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...
, Antarctica.
The mountains were 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....
of 1908-10, under J. B. Charcot and named by him after the French city of Rouen
Rouen
Rouen , in northern France on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie region and the historic capital city of Normandy. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe , it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages...
. Charcot indicated a break in these mountains south of Mount Paris
Mount Paris
Mount Paris is a conspicuous mountain, about 2,800 m, 4 nautical miles 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...
, but 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:...
of 1947-48, as interpreted by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) indicate that the mountains are continuous southeast to Mount Cupola. They were partly surveyed by FIDS in 1948 and further delineated from U.S. satellite imagery of January 1974 and February 1975.