Hauron Peak

Hauron Peak (

64°56′S 62°59′W / 64.933°S 62.983°W / -64.933; -62.983Coordinates: 64°56′S 62°59′W / 64.933°S 62.983°W / -64.933; -62.983) is a peak, 1,350 metres (4,430 ft) high, rising 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Mount Banck on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. The peak appears on an Argentine government chart of 1952. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for Louis Arthur Ducos du Hauron, a French pioneer of cinematography, and the first man to lay down the fundamental principles of color photography, in 1869.^[1]

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