COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

rising to c. 2165 m on NE side of Beascochea Bay, Graham Coast, was roughly charted by FAE, 1908-10, in January 1909 and named Sommet Saens [sic] Valiente, after Capt. J. P. Saenz Valiente (1860-1925), of the Argentine Navy, who was Minister of Marine for the district of Victorino de la Plaza at the time and formerly associated with the publication of Boletín del Instituto Geográfico Argentino, 1900-05 (Charcot, 1912, Pl.4); surveyed by BGLE in August 1935 and January 1936 (Rymill, 1938a, map facing p.400). Mount Saens [sic] Valiente (USHO, 1943, p.143). Saenz Valiente Peak (USBGN, 1951, p.45; APC, 1955, p.18; BA chart 3570, 21.ix.1957). The peak was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Saenz Vallente [sic] Peak (BA, 1958, p.89). Valiente Peak (APC, 1959a, p.12; BA chart 3573, 26.viii.1960; USBGN, 1960, p.9). Pico Saenz Valiente (Pierrou, 1970, p.643).

Peak, 2,165 m, standing close N of the mouth of Lever Glacier where the latter enters Beascochea Bay, on the W coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the FrAE, 1908-10, under Charcot and named by him "Sommet Saens Valiente," probably for Capt. J.P. Saenz Valiente of Argentina. Remapped by the BGLE under Rymill during surveys in Beascochea Bay in August 1935 and a journey to Trooz Glacier in January 1936. Name shortened by the UK-APC in 1959.