Mercanton Heights

Mercanton Heights (67°30′S 67°26′W / 67.5°S 67.433°W / -67.5; -67.433) is a heights standing between Bigourdan Fjord and Nye Glacier in the southwest part of Arrowsmith Peninsula in Graham Land. Mapped by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from surveys and air photos, 1948-59. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Paul-Louis Mercanton, Swiss glaciologist who for many years was Secretary of the International Commission on Snow and Ice.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mercanton Heights" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

This Graham Land location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Mountains of Graham Land Loubet Coast Graham Land geography stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company Sulfanyl Look at other dictionaries: Finnegans Wake — infobox Book | name = Finnegans Wake title orig = translator = author = James Joyce cover artist = country = language = English series = genre = Sui generis publisher = Faber and Faber release date = 4 May 1939 media type = Print (Hardcover… …   Wikipedia motion picture, history of the — Introduction       history of the medium from the 19th century to the present. Early years, 1830–1910 Origins       The illusion of motion pictures is based on the optical phenomena known as persistence of vision and the phi phenomenon. The first …   Universalium 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”