Janssen Peak () is a conspicuous peak, high, forming the southwestern end of the
Sierra DuFief in the southwestern part of
Wiencke Island, in the
Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It was discovered by the
Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under
Gerlache
Baron Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery (; 2 August 1866 – 4 December 1934) was a Belgian officer in the Belgian Royal Navy who led the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–99.
Early years
Born in Hasselt in eastern Belgium as ...
, and charted by the
French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05
The French Antarctic Expedition is any of several French expeditions in Antarctica.
First expedition
In 1772, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec and the naturalist Jean Guillaume Bruguière sailed to the Antarctic region in search of the fable ...
, under
Jean-Baptiste Charcot, who named it for
Jules Janssen, a noted French astronomer.
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References
Mountains of the Palmer Archipelago
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