Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Louise Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Louise Peak (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peak
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:
rising to c. 700m N of Gourdon Peak (q.v.), Booth Island, Graham Coast, was mapped by FAE, 1903-05, in 1904 and named Pic Louise (Charcot, 1906b, p.473) or Sommet Louise (Charcot, 1908, map p.36) after Louise Gourdon, sister of E. Gourdon (Gourdon Peak, q.v.). Mount Sainte Louise, in error (BA, 1930, p.85). Mont Sainte-Louise (France. SHM, 1937, p.407). Louise Peak (USHO, 1943, p.136; APC, 1959a, p.8; BA, 1974, p.190). Pico Luisa (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.287; Pierrou, 1970 p.493). Mount Louise (APC, 1955, p.14). The peak was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS-RN, 1956-58. Monte Louise (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.174; IHA, 1974, p.189).
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