Name details

Ravel Peak

Ravel Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Ravel Peak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110806

Feature type: Peak

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

part of Debussy Heights (q.v.), NW Alexander Island, rising to c. 1300m, in association with the names of composers in this area, was named after Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), French composer ([in 69°45'S 71°17'W] APC, 1961, p.3; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961; Searle, 1963, end map; [co-ordinates corrected from US LANDSAT imagery of February 1975] APC, 1977, p.27; BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/5 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1978).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 55' 00.0" S
-69.91667°
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Longitude:
71° 23' 00.0" W
-71.38333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
2-Mar-2006

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