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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Mount Parry (RUS) 64° 15' 00.0" S 62° 25' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 119856 Place ID: 10919

Mount Parry (GBR) 64° 15' 00.0" S 62° 25' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 110509 Place ID: 10919

highest peak (2520m) on Brabant Island, was roughly charted by Foster in February 1829 and named after Adm. Sir William Edward Parry, RN (1790-1855), British Arctic explorer and navigator; Commander of expeditions to the North-west Passage, 1819-20, 1821-23 and 1824-25, and towards the North Pole from Spitsbergen (Svalbard) in 1827; Hydrographer of the Navy, 1825-29 (Acting Hydrographer, 1823-25) (Foster and Kendall, chart, 1829a; BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; [in 64°17'S 62°37'W] chart 3205, 25.iii.1937; APC, 1955, p.16; [coordinates corrected] BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974; APC, 1977, p.25). Parry Berg (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). The mountain was further charted by FAE, 1903-05. Mont Parry (Charcot, 1906a, map facing p.316). Monte Parry (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map; Pierrou, 1970, p.576; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.220). Mount Parry, referring collectively to this feature and to Harvey Heights (Bagshawe, 1921-22c, p.B. 27). Parry Fj. (HA chart 1928). Mount Parry Range (USHO, 1943, p.118). The mountain was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Gora Parri (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The mountain was first climbed by JSEBI, 30 October 1984.

Mount Parry (USA) 64° 16' 00.0" S 62° 25' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 129871 Place ID: 10919

A mountain (2,520 m) which rises eastward of Minot Point and dominates the central portion of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. The feature appears to have been named by Capt. Henry Foster, RN, of the Chanticleer expedition in 1829 and since has gained international usage.

Parry, monte (ARG) 64° 17' 00.0" S 62° 25' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 101787 Place ID: 10919

Parry, Monte (CHL) 64° 15' 00.0" S 62° 25' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 106058 Place ID: 10919

El nombre aparece en una carta de la Expedición Británica al mando del capitán Henry Foster, 1829-1831, y desde entonces ha adquirido uso internacional. Monte de 2.522 metros de altura, que domina la costa W de isla Brabante en el archipiélago de Palmer. Su cumbre se destaca como una pirámide rectangular con base cuadrada.

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