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The Rouen Mountains (69°10′S 70°53′W) are a prominent mountain range, reaching to about 2,800 m and extending 35 miles (60 km) NW-SE from Mount Bayonne to Care Heights and Mount Cupola, in north Alexander Island, Antarctica. This mountain range is known to occupy some of the highest peaks of Alexander Island, much like the nearby Douglas Range. Mount Paris is the highest point of the Rouen Mountains, exceeding 2,800 m approximately.^{[citation needed]}

Rouen Mountains
Rouen Mountains Alexander Island, Antarctica
Highest point
Elevation	2,800 m (9,200 ft)
Coordinates	69°10′S 70°53′W
Geography
Location	Alexander Island, Antarctica

The mountains were first mapped by the French Antarctic Expedition of 1908–10, under J. B. Charcot and named by him after the French city of Rouen. Charcot indicated a break in these mountains south of Mount Paris, but air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition of 1947–48, as interpreted by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) indicate that the mountains are continuous southeast to Mount Cupola. They were partly surveyed by FIDS in 1948 and further delineated from U.S. satellite imagery of January 1974 and February 1975.

See also

• Havre Mountains
• Lassus Mountains
• Walton Mountains

References

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

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[de] Rouen Mountains

Die Rouen Mountains sind eine Gebirgskette, die sich über 56 km von Nordwesten nach Südosten im Norden der Alexander-I.-Insel erstreckt. Sie reicht vom Mount Bayonne bis zu den Care Heights und Mount Cupola.

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- [en] Rouen Mountains

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[it] Montagne Rouen

Le montagne Rouen sono una vasto gruppo montuoso situato all'estremità settentrionale dell'isola Alessandro I, al largo della costa della Terra di Palmer, in Antartide. La formazione si estende in direzione nord-ovest/sud-est per circa 60 km, dal monte Bayonne, a nord, al monte Cupola e alle cime Care, a sud. Alla sua estremità meridionale la formazione è separata dagli altopiani di Elgar da parte del passo Tufts, mentre a ovest è separata dalle montagne Havre da parte del Russian Gap.[1] Delle montagne Rouen fanno parte alcune delle vette più alte dell'isola Alessandro I, con il primato raggiunto dalla cima del monte Paris, che si trova a oltre 2800 m s.l.m.

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