Elevation 2,100 m | ||
Mount Rendu (67°26′S 67°4′W) is a mountain between Reid Glacier and Heim Glacier on 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 Louis Rendu (1789–1859), French Bishop and scientist, author of Theorie des glaciers de la Savoie, an important book on the mechanism of glacier flow.
Map of Mount Rendu, Antarctica
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Rendu" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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