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Feature Name (see definition): Paris Peak Feature Class (see definition): Summit Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 11363 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 30' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 063° 22' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.5 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.3666667 Elevation (see definition): 1645 Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1963 Description (see definition): Conspicuous peak, 1,645 m, standing 4 mi NE of Mount Priam in the Trojan Range of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. It is snow covered on the S side, but the N side is formed by sheer rock scarps. Surveyed by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955 and named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for Paris, son of Priam, whose abduction of Helen caused the Trojan War in Homer's Iliad. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Paris Peak in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Paris Peak information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Paris Peak should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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