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Lumière Peak

Coordinates: 65°18′S 64°00′W / 65.3°S 64°W / -65.3; -64
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Lumière Peak
Lumière Peak is located in Antarctica
Lumière Peak
Lumière Peak
Graham Land, Antarctica
Highest point
Coordinates65°18′S 64°00′W / 65.3°S 64°W / -65.3; -64
Naming
EtymologyNamed after Louis Lumière
Geography
LocationGraham Land, Antarctica

Lumière Peak (65°18′S 64°3′W / 65.300°S 64.050°W / -65.300; -64.050) is a peak, 1,065 metres (3,500 ft) high, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Cape Tuxen on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the Third French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for Louis Lumière, a leader in photographic research and development in France at that time.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Lumière Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-07-08.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Lumière Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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